Immuno-diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum, and reduction of timelines for its positive cultures to within 3 h by pathogen-specific thymidylate kinase expression assays

Immuno-diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum, and reduction of timelines for its positive cultures to within 3 h by pathogen-specific thymidylate kinase expression assays

Abstract Background Laboratory diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) is traditionally based on microscopy and or culture. Microscopy is however, only sensitive to a specified degree of bacillary load not present in HIV co-infected persons. Traditional cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), on the...

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Main Authors: Misaki Wayengera, Ivan Mwebaza, Johnson Welishe, Alice Bayiyana, David P. Kateete, Eddie Wampande, Samuel Kirimunda, Edgar Kigozi, Fred Katabazi, Carol Musubika, Samuel Kyobe, Peace Babirye, Benon Asiimwe, Moses L. Joloba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Immunodiagnosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Thymidylate Kinase
Sputum
Cultures
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2649-y

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