Symptom Advice .com » microscopic examination http://symptomadvice.com Tue, 29 May 2012 22:17:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Do you think the child has active tuberculosis? http://symptomadvice.com/do-you-think-the-child-has-active-tuberculosis/ http://symptomadvice.com/do-you-think-the-child-has-active-tuberculosis/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:51:13 +0000 Symptom Advice http://symptomadvice.com/do-you-think-the-child-has-active-tuberculosis/

A child presents symptoms suggestive of tuberculosis, namely a respiratory infection with a productive cough. Microscopic examination of the child's sputum reveals no acid-fast rods. however, examination of gastic washings reveals the presence of both acid-fast and non-acid-fast bacilli. do you think the child has active tuberculosis? explain.

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