1Department of Agriculture, School of Sciences, Noida International University, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Department of Microbiology, Santosh Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India
*Corresponding e-mail: ajay.akup@gmail.com
Online published on 19 November, 2018.
Patients with clinically suspected tuberculosis infection attending OPD/IPD and DOTs center at Santosh Medical College/Hospital, Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh were studied. The numbers of male patients were 105 (70%) and female patients were 45 (30%). About 16 (10.3%) smears were positive for acid-fast bacilli (AFB). All the 150 samples were decontaminated by modified Petroff's method and cultured on Lowenstein Jensen (LJ) media. Our result showed that the entire 16 (10.3%) sample which was smearing positive were also culture positive. Of the 134 samples which were smeared negative 5(3.3%) samples were culture negative. All the 21 isolated strains were confirmed by standard biochemical tests. On the basis of biochemical reactions, 7 were humans’ type mycobacterium.
Tuberculosis, WHO, Infections agent, Tuberculosis infection
