Muntaha M Al-Alouci

Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq

Publications

  • Research   
    Ziehl-Neelsen Technique versus Gene-Expert PCR Method in TB Patients: A Sample Study in Ramadi City, Iraq
    Author(s): Huda Rafaa Al-Alwani36711, Muntaha M Al-Alouci36712 and Shehab A Lafi36710*

    Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The probability of developing TB disease is much higher among people infected with HIV, and also higher among people with risk factors. Iraq was classified the seventh country in Middle East Asia that related to the high burden of tuberculosis. The study aimed to compare the results of AFB sputum test and sputum (Gene-expert automated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) system) in Ramadi TB center, Anbar Governorate, West of IRAQ. Patients and Methods: Four hundred and three (403) TB patients were included in this study. They were attending Thoracic Diseases and TB Central Hospital in Ramadi City, West of Iraq. WHO Sputum specimen was taken from each patient following guidelines. Each sample was manipulated in the lab using AFB and TB Gene.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.13.4.269-272

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