In-house PCR with DNA extracted directly from positive slides to confirm or exclude the diagnosis of tuberculosis: focus on biosafety
The possibility to obtain DNA from smears is a valuable alternative to remedy the lack of samples when they are totally used for bacilloscopy; this technique solves the biosafety problem related to a possible accident with the transportation of flasks containing potentially transmissible clinical sa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier España
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Revista Argentina de Microbiología |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412015000100009&lng=en&tlng=en |