PCR colorimetric dot-blot assay and clinical pretest probability for diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Smear-Negative patients

BACKGROUND: Smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPTB) accounts for 30% of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) cases reported annually in developing nations. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may provide an alternative for the rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB); however little data are av...

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Autores principales: Scherer, Luciene Cardoso, Sperhacke, Rosa Dea, Jarczewski, Carla, Cafrune, Patrícia I, Minghelli, Simone, Ribeiro, Marta Osório, Mello, Fernanda CQ, Ruffino-Netto, Antonio, Rossetti, Maria LR, Kritski, Afrânio L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2241618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18096069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-356

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2241618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18096069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-356

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