Validity of bioconjugated silica nanoparticles in comparison with direct smear, culture, and polymerase chain reaction for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is a public health problem worldwide, and new easy to perform diagnostic methods with high accuracy are necessary for optimal control of the disease. Recently, fluorescent silica nanoparticles (FSNP) has attracted immense interest for the detection of pathogenic microorganis...

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Autores principales: Ekrami, Alireza, Samarbaf-Zadeh, Ali Reza, Khosravi, Azar, Zargar, Behrooz, Alavi, Mohamad, Amin, Mansor, Kiasat, Alireza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114503
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S23239

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114503
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S23239

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