Early Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by a New Procedure Combining Broth Culture and PCR

The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is difficult because of the paucibacillary nature of these infections. We developed a culture-enhanced PCR assay combining a preliminary step of broth culture in BacT/Alert MP bottles with the subsequent detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the G...

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Main Authors: Noussair, Latifa, Bert, Frédéric, Leflon-Guibout, Véronique, Gayet, Nadine, Nicolas-Chanoine, Marie-Hélène
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
Subjects:
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681850/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19321729
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00066-09
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