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Tuberculosis
Data from Royal Liverpool University advance knowledge in tuberculosis
May 13th, 2008
"Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) on PCR provide rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the detection of rifampicin resistance. Indications for their use in clinical samples are now included in British tuberculosis guidelines," investigators in Liverpool, the United Kingdom report. "A retrospective audit of patients with suspected mycobacterial infection in a Liverpool hospital between 2002 and 2006. Documentation of the impact of NAAT usage in acid fast bacillus (AFB) microscopy positive samples on clinical practice and the influence of a multidisciplinary group on their appropriate use, compared with British guidelines. Mycobacteria were seen or...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-13)
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