Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], March 22 (ANI): The 100 Days TB Elimination campaign launched on December 7, last year nationwide and in Meghalaya has accelerated TB detection, treatment and awareness.

A sputum stain for Mycobacteria is a laboratory test performed on a sample of your sputum, or phlegm. It’s also known as an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) stain or a tuberculosis (TB) smear. A doctor ...

While this takes diagnostic services into the community, we must ensure on-the-spot collection of sputum samples for those with any CXR findings to significantly reduce attrition in the diagnostic ...