Low sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in southeastern Brazil

Low sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in southeastern Brazil

Two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocols showed low sensitivity (36% and 53% for TB AMPLICOR and MPB64 nested PCR, respectively), when compared with classic microbiological methods (73% and 54% for Ziehl-Neelsen staining and culture, respectively), in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in...

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Main Authors: Vânia Maria Sabadoto Brienze, Ângela Pedroso Tonon, Fabrício José Tarelho Pereira, Elisabete Liso, Waldir Antônio Tognola, Manoel Armando Azevedo dos Santos, Marcelo Urbano Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2001-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis
PCR
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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