Common mistakes of TB diagnosis

Common mistakes of TB diagnosis
Samir M. Bahnasy, MBBCh,, MSc TMH, DPH, Dr PH,
Consultant Epidemiologist
http://www.pitt.edu/

Blood borne pathogens
http://www.ecu.edu

Infectious Disease Ontology
Lindsay Cowell
http://www.bioontology.org

TB and HIV The scandal of needless deaths
Annelies Van Rie, MD, PhD
http://cfar-code.unc.edu

Uppers, Downers and All Arounders
http://www.hawcc.hawaii.edu

Teaching Tips for Residents
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu

Critical Thinking
Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD
http://ecommons.med.harvard.edu/

Bone and Joint Infections
http://depts.washington.edu

Towards a Standard Upper Level Ontology
http://ontology.buffalo.edu/

Physician Training
 La Verne Jones
http://www.uthscsa.edu/

Selecting the Best Clinical Vignettes
http://www.uab.edu/

Biomedical Ontologies: A Critical Survey
Barry Smith
http://ontology.buffalo.edu/

Bloodborne Pathogens
Paul Ayers
https://umdrive.memphis.edu

Workforce Safety and Wellness of the EMT
http://de.lbcc.edu

Quiz Yourself - Respiratory
http://www.med.unc.edu

Hospital Safety, Body Mechanics & Patient Transportation
http://www.elcamino.edu

Embracing Failure: Availability via Recovery-Oriented Computing (ROC)
Aaron Brown
http://roc.cs.berkeley.edu


19 full text published articles free access

1. Transforming TB diagnosis: can patients and control programs afford to wait?
2. Prospective evaluation of simply modified MODS assay: an effective tool for TB diagnosis and detection of MDR-TB.
3. Improving TB diagnosis: difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
4. Missed opportunities in TB diagnosis: a TB process-based performance review tool to evaluate and improve clinical care.
5. Clinical utility of a commercial LAM-ELISA assay for TB diagnosis in HIV-infected patients using urine and sputum samples.
6. Default during TB diagnosis: quantifying the problem.
7. Comprehensive new resource for evidence-based TB diagnosis.
8. [Difficulties of TB diagnosis in children: QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube as useful tool].
9. Light-emitting diode technologies for TB diagnosis: what is on the market?
10. Interferon-gamma release assays and TB diagnosis.
11. Role of interferon gamma release assay in active TB diagnosis among HIV infected individuals.
12. Barriers to accessing TB diagnosis for rural-to-urban migrants with chronic cough in Chongqing, China: a mixed methods study.
13. Physician-initiated courtesy MODS testing for TB and MDR-TB diagnosis and patient management.
14. A threshold value for the time delay to TB diagnosis.
15. Phage cocktail to control the exponential growth of normal flora in processed sputum specimens grown overnight in liquid medium for rapid TB diagnosis.
16. TB diagnosis in non-human primates: comparison of two interferon-gamma assays and the skin test for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
17. Use of the FASTPlaque test for TB diagnosis in low-income countries.
18. Gender differences in delays to TB diagnosis.
19. Pancreatic TB: diagnosis by needle aspiration.