Products of
Diagnostic Research & Bioinformatics
JB Tropical Disease Research Centre &
Department
of Biochemistry
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram
·
No
need of tedious night blood collection ·
Day
time blood can be used ·
Blood
collected on filter paper by finger prick may be used ·
Useful
for detection of microfilaraemia, early clinical filariasis and occult
infections ·
Useful
in immunomonitoring of filarial disease for appropriate period of
chemotherapy for clinical relief and cure |
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The
test can be done in simple Hospital setting ·
Helpful
in childhood tuberculosis where sputum sample is difficult to obtain ·
Helpful
in clinically suspected tuberculosis cases
negative by routine diagnostic methods like AFB smear & Culture
examination. ·
Useful
in confirming tubercular aetiology in extrapulmonary tuberculosis such as
tubercular lymphadenopathy , meninges-CNS Tb, genito-urinary Tb, bone
& joint Tb, abdominal Tb.etc. ·
Useful
in immunomonitoring for confirming eradication of infection and
patient’s compliance in tuberculosis cases
during antituberculosis therapy ·
Preferred
over the insensitive, cumbersome or time consuming
and widely unavailable, invasive & expensive tests such as
bacteriological, radiological, FNAC, Laproscopic Biopsy, USG, CT,
radionucleide bone scan, DNA probes, PCR etc.
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SEVAMED ISSN 0972-5903
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For more information
write to Director , JBTD Research Centre
MGIMS, Sevagram, 442102
Tel / Fax : 7152 –
284038