Theoretical basis for reducing time-lines to the determination of positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures using thymidylate kinase (TMK) assays

BACKGROUND: In vitro culture of pathogens on growth media forms a "pillar" for both infectious disease diagnosis and drug sensitivity profiling. Conventional cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) on Lowenstein Jensen (LJ) medium, however, take over two months to yield observable gr...

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Autor principal: Wayengera, Misaki
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19296833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-6-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19296833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-6-4

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