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The Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center (Hospital of Manila; abbreviation: OMMC) is a 300-bed non-profit tertiary, general and training hospital in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It is the laboratory hospital of health science students (students of medicine, nursing and physical therapy) enrolled at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila , one of the ...
In a clinical study conducted the sensitivity of the MTB/RIF test on just 1 sputum sample was 92.2% for culture-positive TB; 98.2% for smear+ and culture-positive cases; and 72.5% for smear-negative, culture-positive cases, with a specificity of 99.2%.
The prices in the private sector are often many times (and can be up to 80 times) the international reference price. This makes treatment unaffordable. [6]: 4 The prices in the guide are given in US dollars converted using the exchange rate at the time. Exchange rate fluctuations may cause the wide variations in cost over time. [7]
A sputum culture is a test to detect and identify bacteria [1] or fungi that infect the lungs or breathing passages. Sputum is a thick fluid produced in the lungs and in the adjacent airways. Normally, fresh morning sample is preferred for the bacteriological examination of sputum. [ 2 ]
The Medical City, Don Eugenio Lopez Sr. Medical Complex, Ortigas Avenue, Brgy. Ugong, Pasig City Cardinal Santos Medical Center 10 Wilson St., Greenhills, San Juan City St. Luke’s Medical Center - Global City: Rizal Drive corner 32nd Street and 5th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig Fatima University Medical Center Corporation
St. Luke's Medical Center – Quezon City is a hospital in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.It is a part of St. Luke's Medical Center group of hospitals. Founded in 1903, it is the third oldest American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines (first Protestant Episcopalian hospital in the country) after CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital and Silliman University Medical Center.
United Doctors Medical Center – España Boulevard corner Ramirez Streets; University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center – Aurora Boulevard; University of the Philippines Medical Services – Diliman; Valdez–Padron Hospital – Gulod, Novaliches; Villarosa Hospital – Salalilla Street, Project 4
The best sputum samples contain very little saliva, [2] as saliva contaminates the sample with oral bacteria. This is especially true for samples for laboratory testing in cytology or microbiology. Specimen adequacy is assessed by the laboratory technologists by examining a Gram stain or cytology stain of the sputum.