Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children using blood and urine specimens

Autor: Juliana Figueirêdo da Costa-Lima, Lílian Maria Lapa Montenegro Pimentel, Fabiana Cristina Fulco Santos, Marcela Pereira Salazar, Rafael Silva Duarte, Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello, Haiana Charifker Schindler
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 53 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-9849
0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0051-2020
Popis: Abstract INTRODUCTION: Laboratory and clinical features of childhood tuberculosis (TB) are non-specific and establishing an accurate diagnosis remains a challenge. This study evaluated a Single tube nested-PCR (STNPCR) to detect genomic DNA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in blood and urine. METHODS: Biological samples were obtained from children (
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