Comparison of two laboratory-developed PCR methods for the diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Brazilian patients with and without HIV infection

BACKGROUND: Direct smear examination with Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is cheap and easy to use, but its low sensitivity is a major drawback, particularly in HIV seropositive patients. As such, new tools for laboratory diagnosis are urgently needed to...

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Autores principales: Scherer, Luciene C, Sperhacke, Rosa D, Jarczewski, Carla, Cafrune, Patrícia I, Michelon, Candice T, Rupenthal, Rubia, Ribeiro, Marta Osorio, Netto, Antonio Ruffino, Rossetti, Maria LR, Kritski, Afrânio L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3073961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21447159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3073961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21447159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-11-15

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