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Analysis of 18FDG PET/CT Imaging as a Tool for Studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Treatment in Non-human Primates
Published on: September 5, 2017
CAUSES OF SUPERINFECTIONS: DEADLY BACTERIA OF TUBERCULOSIS
Yuriy F Koshak1, Volodymyr V Benedykt1, Andrii M Prodan1
1IHORBACHEVSKY TERNOPIL NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, TERNOPIL, UKRAINE.
Objective:
The aim: To improve early diagnosis of drug-resistant superbacteria and interrupt the ways of its formation through molecular technological and surgical methods.
Patients And Methods:
Materials and methods: The operated patients were divided into two groups: group 1 - 351 (51.25 %) patients, who were operated with the use of minimally invasive technologies, and this was the main group; group 2 - 334 (48.75 %) patients who were operated on open wide thoracotomy, which was the comparison group. Among 351 patients in the main group, in 301 - acute pleural tuberculous empyema was detected, and in 50 - chronic one. Among patients in the comparison group, acute pleural empyema was observed in 284 patients and chronic in 50 patients.
Results:
Results: According to our data, video thoracoscopy is a highly informative method of diagnosis of pleural effusions, detection of pleural tuberculous empyema in the first, second and third stages of its development.
Conclusion:
Conclusions: The introduction of modern molecular-geneticand surgical technologies will allow to accurately establish the etiology process, to conduct the identification of pathogen microorganisms and to determine the phenotymetric and genotytypical sensitivity of bacteria to Antimycobacterial drugs. Such diagnostics will promote effective treatment of patients who are already infected with persistent strains of bacteria and viruses.
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