National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Though the declaration by the WHO of a ‘global TB emergency’ was in 1993, the emphasis has been more on adult disease. Pediatric TB was neglected, mainly due to greater challenges in diagnosis and the lower priority traditionally afforded to children by TB control programmes. As a result both research and surveillance data in the field of childhood TB have been greatly limited. Hence the present study was undertaken from 6/1/10 – 8/2/11 to know the isolation rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug susceptibility patterns in children suffering from LRTI. 153 Gastric aspirates were collected and processed by conventional methods and anti-tubercular drug sensitivity testing was done by Proportion method. 30 isolates of Mycobacterium were obtained of which 7 isolates were Atypical Mycobacteria. All isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were sensitive to Isoniazid, Rifampicin and Ethambutol. 13.6%of the strains were resistant to Streptomycin. TB in children presents particularly difficult challenges, but research priorities and advances in pediatric TB research may also provide wider insights and opportunities for TB control. Better diagnostics would probably represent the next most important step which will not only improve individual case management, but also provide a rapid detection of drug resistance.
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