Abstract:Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of high resolution CT (HrCT) for confirmatory evaluation of patients having active pulmonary TB (PTB) taking Acid-fast bacillus (AFB) culture reporting as standard parameter. Methods: In this cross-sectional (validation) analysis we included 200 patients having chest X-rays and clinical evidence of active TB and sputum smear (SS) –ve results. These patients were recruited from March-2019 to December-2019. Data of patients regarding baseline hematology investigatio… Show more
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