Characterization of oral swab samples for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Characterization of oral swab samples for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Oral swab analysis (OSA) has been shown to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) DNA in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). In previous analyses, qPCR testing of swab samples collected from tongue dorsa was up to 93% sensitive relative to sputum GeneXpert, when 2 swabs per patient were test...

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Main Authors: Rachel C Wood, Alfred Andama, Gleda Hermansky, Stephen Burkot, Lucy Asege, Mukwatamundu Job, David Katumba, Martha Nakaye, Sandra Z Mwebe, Jerry Mulondo, Christine M Bachman, Kevin P Nichols, Anne-Laure M Le Ny, Corrie Ortega, Rita N Olson, Kris M Weigel, Alaina M Olson, Damian Madan, David Bell, Adithya Cattamanchi, William Worodria, Fred C Semitala, Akos Somoskovi, Gerard A Cangelosi, Kyle J Minch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251422

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251422

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