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

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Lundgren, Fernando Luiz Cavalcanti¹  Albuquerque Filho, Alfredo Pereira Leite de¹  Lima, Juliana Figueiredo da Costa¹  Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhaes, Recife, Brasil¹  Hospital Geral Otavio de Freitas, Recife, Brasil¹  Montenegro, Lilian Maria Lapa¹  Cruz, Heidi Lacerda Alves da¹  Hospital Barao de Lucena, Recife, Brasil¹  Silva, Bruno Cesar da¹  Montenegro, Rosana de Albuquerque¹  Schindler, Haiana Charifker¹ 

关键词: Pleural tuberculosis;    Extrapulmonary tuberculosis;    Nested PCR diagnosis;    Mycobacterium tuberculosis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0127-2013

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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