Rapid Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

The book dails with Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical presentations and laboratory diagnosis. Laboratory diagnosis includes but not limited to microscopic examination, cultural techniques both traditional and updated. Moreover it deals with antimycobacterial susceptibility tests and drug resistence,Value of molecular diagnosis is also discussed in details. Recent approach for immunological method for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is also discussed with various antigens used un this spectrum.