Standardization of in-house polymerase chain reaction for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the reference tropical disease hospital in the State of Goiás, Brazil

Standardization of in-house polymerase chain reaction for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the reference tropical disease hospital in the State of Goiás, Brazil

This study compares smear, growth in Lowenstein-Jensen medium, and in-house polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A total of 72 specimens from 72 patients with clinical symptoms of tuberculosis, including 70 sputum and two bronchial aspirate samp...

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Main Authors: Márcia Alves Vasconcelos Rodrigues, Álvaro Bisol Serafini, Marieta de Souza Pereira, Thathiane Dias da Silva, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi, Suely Lemes de Alves, André Kipnis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2004-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
polymerase chain reaction
tuberculosis
culture
smear
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000400012

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