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Effectiveness of an Integrated Real-Time PCR Method for Detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Smear-Negative Extrapulmonary Samples in an Area of Low Tuberculosis Prevalence

Early extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) diagnosis is particularly difficult. Among 108 smear-negative extrapulmonary samples showing a positive culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (43 body fluids and 65 nonliquid specimens), 63 (58.3%) were positive with the Xpert MTB/RIF assay (GX). GX...

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Autori principali: Moure, Raquel, Martín, Rogelio, Alcaide, Fernando
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 2012
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3264142/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22162564
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.06467-11
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