Abstract:
This is a hospital- based cross sectional study conducted at
Khartoum state during the period of March to August- 2012 aimed
at determining the cytomorphological pattern in the sputum
smears of pulmonary tuberculosis infected Sudanese patients
attending Alshaab and Tropical Diseases Teaching Hospitals .
One hundred and fifty patients were included in this study, of
which hundred patients (66.7%) were infected with pulmonary
tuberculosis (+ve Zn stain) considered as study group and fifty
patients
(33.3%)
were
free
from
infection
(-ve
Zn
stain)
considered as control group. Fifty three of the patients were male,
the remaining forty seven were female. Forty six patients were
with age ranged between 33-53 years old.
Asputum sample was collected from each patient, smeared, fixed
and stained with MGG stain.
Sixty two of the patients smears showed a features of chronic
inflammation(lymphocytes,macrophages
along
with
necrotic
material at the background), twenty four showed features of
acute inflammation(polymorph nuclear leukocytes) and only four
patients appeared with normal cytological finding.Thirty six of
control samples appeared with normal cytological features,
tenwith acute inflammation and only four
chronic inflammatory changes.relation between cytological pattern and alcohol
No significant
.)2.0 abusing (P value
.)6.0 No relation between gender and cytological pattern (P value
The study showed a significant difference in the cytological finding between newly
.)000 = discovered patients and patients under treatment (P. value
