Diagnosis (TB)

M. tb DNA in PBMC Identifies Extrapulmonary Disease

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 18th, 1996

The detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells may be a useful tool for rapid diagnosis of disseminated and extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis, especially in an HIV positive population.

The presence of mycobacteria in blood has been recognized for more than 50 years, but it has never been considered a frequent occurrence until the AIDS epidemic.

Over the last decade, blood cultures have become a useful tool for the detection of M. tuberculosis and other species of low CD4 T-cell counts.

"In spite of the experience obtained with AIDS patients, the information about the...

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