Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children using blood and urine specimens

Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children using blood and urine specimens

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Laboratory and clinical features of childhood tuberculosis (TB) are non-specific and establishing an accurate diagnosis remains a challenge. This study evaluated a Single tube nested-PCR (STNPCR) to detect genomic DNA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in blood and urine....

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Main Authors: Juliana Figueirêdo da Costa-Lima, Lílian Maria Lapa Montenegro Pimentel, Fabiana Cristina Fulco Santos, Marcela Pereira Salazar, Rafael Silva Duarte, Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello, Haiana Charifker Schindler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020-09-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Childhood tuberculosis
Diagnosis
Blood
Urine
PCR
STNPCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100350&tlng=en

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