Evaluation of in-house PCR for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda

BACKGROUND: Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have offered hope for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). However, their efficiency with smear-negative samples has not been widely studied in low income settings. Here, we evaluated in-house PCR assay for diagnosis of smear-negative TB using Lo...

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Autores principales: Nakiyingi, Lydia, Kateete, David P, Ocama, Ponsiano, Worodria, William, Sempa, Joseph B, Asiimwe, Benon B, Katabazi, Fred A, Katamba, Achilles, Huang, Laurence, Joloba, Moses L, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22947399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-487

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22947399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-487

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