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Culture-independent detection and characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. africanum in sputum samples using shotgun metagenomics on a benchtop sequencer

Tuberculosis remains a major global health problem. Laboratory diagnostic methods that allow effective, early detection of cases are central to management of tuberculosis in the individual patient and in the community. Since the 1880s, laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis has relied primarily on mic...

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Autores principales: Doughty, Emma L., Sergeant, Martin J., Adetifa, Ifedayo, Antonio, Martin, Pallen, Mark J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25279265
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.585