Highlights ■ Different vegetable peptones have different amino acid compositions. ■ Different peptones produce different crop responses. ■ Peptone composition can be compared to that of fetal bovine serum. ■ Vegetable peptones can replace fetal bovine serum. ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different concentrations of vegetable peptones (pea, wheat, and soy) as substitutes for fetal bovine serum in stem cell cultures derived from human exfoliated deciduous teeth. Methods: Stem cell cultures derived from human exfoliated […]

ABSTRACT Objective To compare the performance of the Ogawa-Kudoh method with the modified Petroff technique in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods A total of 205 sputum samples from 166 patients with clinical suspicion or under pulmonary tuberculosis follow-up, seen at a public tertiary care hospital, from July 2014 to July 2016 were used. All samples were simultaneously processed using the Ogawa-Kudoh and modified Petroff decontamination methods, according to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health. In the statistical analysis, the […]