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TB drug resistance, are we ignorant or arrogant
I was amazed to know that tuberculosis drug sensitivity is only avalibale in very few labs in paksitan, i mean 3-4 labs in whole country. all teaching hopsitals do not do AFB drug sensitivity on regular basis.
Are we poor or ignorant or arrogant as a nation; regarding handling TB.
As TB is rampant in our country and i believe we need to push for more money spent on drug sensitivites for AFB.
Posted by: iqbalmdPosts: 22 :: 19-12-2005 :: | Reply to this Message
Re: TB drug resistance, are we ignorant or arrogant
Mycobacterium TB sensitivity tests are available in all well equipped labs in major cities of Pakistan, but they do lack in smaller cities. I think, the first important thing is the awareness about proper diagnosis & treatment of TB. This is because, the most important cause of drug resistance is poor complaince.
Comments welcome!
Posted by: yasirPosts: 90 :: 19-12-2005 :: | Reply to this Message
Re: Re: TB drug resistance, are we ignorant or arrogant
Dr Yasir can you please the name the labs for my conveience. Cos i find hard time finding the lab which will process the lab sputum specimen. I believe they all end up sending to the main labs.
iqbal
Posted by: iqbalmdPosts: 22 :: 19-12-2005 :: | Reply to this Message