Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Sağlik Uygulama ve Araştirma Merkezi 2009-2011 yili Tüberküloz Laboratuvar verilerinin değerlendirilmesi* Evaluation of Tuberculosis Laboratory results in Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Research and Education Hospital for 2009-2011

Objective: Tuberculosis microbiological laboratory diagnosis was firstly started in year 2009, in Microbiology Laboratory of Onsekiz Mart University Research and Education Hospital in Canakkale. We aimed at this study to present our laboratory data and to evaluate the methods which were used for the diagnosis of micobacteria. Method: Samples sent to our laboratory for tuberculosis culture were stained by Ehrlich-ZiehlNeelsen (EZN) method and evaluated microscopically. After processing of samples, each sample was inoculated to Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) and BACTEC MGIT 960 (Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube, Becton Dickinson, USA) liquid based medium. If suspected growth was detected, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) typing was made and if requested antituberculosis drug susceptibility for streptomycin (STR), isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RF) and ethambutol (ETM) tested. Samples from normally sterile body sites cultured directly, others were firstly decontaminated and concentrated. Results: During the study period 1.048 samples from 667 patient has been processed. Seventy eight samples (7.44%) from 54 patients were found positive OZET Amac: Canakkale Ilinde tuberkuloz kultur