Incidence of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria, differentiated by multiplex PCR, in clinical specimens of a large general hospital

Incidence of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria, differentiated by multiplex PCR, in clinical specimens of a large general hospital

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and non-tuberculous mycobacterial isolates in the routine setting of a large general hospital using an "in-house" multiplex polymerase chain reaction method and to establish a paradigm for the definitive identifica...

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Main Authors: Eliane Picoli Alves Bensi, Patricia Costa Panunto, Marcelo de Carvalho Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2013-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
Tuberculosis
Microbiological Techniques
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000200010

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