The performance of an in-house nested-PCR technique for pleural tuberculosis diagnoses

The performance of an in-house nested-PCR technique for pleural tuberculosis diagnoses

Introduction This study evaluated the performance of an in-house nested-PCR system for the detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in pleural fluid, blood and urine samples from pleural effusion tuberculosis patients by health services physicians in Pernambuco, Brazil. Methods A pros...

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Main Authors: Lilian Maria Lapa Montenegro, Bruno Cesar da Silva, Juliana Figueiredo da Costa Lima, Heidi Lacerda Alves da Cruz, Rosana de Albuquerque Montenegro, Fernando Luiz Cavalcanti Lundgren, Alfredo Pereira Leite de Albuquerque Filho, Haiana Charifker Schindler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Pleural tuberculosis
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Nested PCR diagnosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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