Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex based on amplification and sequencing of the oxyR pseudogene from stored Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smears in Brazil

Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex based on amplification and sequencing of the oxyR pseudogene from stored Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smears in Brazil

A cross-sectional analysis of stored Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN)-stained sputum smear slides (SSS) obtained from two public tuberculosis referral laboratories located in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, was carried out to distinguish Mycobacterium bovis from other members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex...

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Main Authors: Marcio Roberto Silva, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães, Vania Maria de Oliveira, Aline dos Santos Moreira, Ronaldo Rodrigues da Costa, Kelly Cristina Ferreira Abi-Zaid, Adalgiza da Silva Rocha, Philip Noel Suffys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2011-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
oxyR pseudogene
polymerase chain reaction
sputum smear
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium bovis
molecular sequence data
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