Effectiveness of inhaled hypertonic saline application for sputum induction to improve Mycobacterium tuberculosis identification in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

ConclusionsHypertonic saline sputum induction improves the quality of collected samples. This method may be appropriate to increase the rate of MTB detection in sputum using microscopic, bacteriological, and molecular genetic methods for diagnosing TB on the day of specimen collection. Hypertonic saline sputum induction is suitable for middle- and low-income countries with limited resources and causes no severe adverse effects in TB patients.
Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research