Revisiting Conventional Diagnosis for Pulmonary Tuberculosis vs. Latest Modalities for Resource Scarce Settings

Fatima Zahra, Aamer Ikram, Gohar Zaman, Luqman Satti, Farida Khurram Lalani and Maria Khan^*

Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

^*Corresponding Author: Maria Khan, Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Email:

Keywords: Pulmonary tuberculosis; Fluorescent microscopy; Gene Xpert; Auramine phenol stain

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