TB Sensitivity 1st line SIREP Test

TB Sensitivity 1st line SIREP test is done on a sample of infected tissue to measure level of sensitivity to Streptomycin, Sensitivity to Isoniazid, Sensitivity to Rifampicin, Sensitivity to Ethambutol and Sensitivity to Pyrazinamide in the infected tissue.It is performed to detect Drug Resistant Tuberculosis also known as Tuberculosis Sensitivity SIREP Sensitivity Testing Infected Tissue.

No special preparation is needed for Tb Sensitivity 1St Line Sirep Sensitivity Testing Infected Tissue. Inform your doctor if you are on any medications or have any underlying medical conditions or allergies before undergoing Tb Sensitivity 1St Line Sirep Sensitivity Testing Infected Tissue. Your doctor depending on your condition will give specific instructions.

The main advantages of the test are, for diagnosis, reliability when compared to sputum microscopy and the speed of getting the result when compared with the culture test. For diagnosis of TB, although sputum microscopy is both quick and cheap, it is often unreliable. It is particularly unreliable when people are HIV positive. The main advantage in respect of identifying rifampicin resistance, is again the matter of speed. Normally to get any drug resistance result takes weeks rather than hours.

Tb Sensitivity 1St Line Sirep Sensitivity Testing Infected Tissue is done using Sensitivity Testing method on a Infected Tissue sample. This procedure collects actively growing isolate of MTb in pure culture and transports it in a sealed container with pure culture in solid or liquid media. It is usually transported in a sealed bag. There are two ways to get an antibiogram, a semiquantitative diffusion method and a quantitative method.