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Tuberculosis
Research reports on tuberculosis from Stanford University, Medical Department provide new insights
October 7th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "The species identification of members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is critical to the timely initiation of both appropriate antibiotic therapy and proper public health control measures. However, the current commercially available molecular assays identify mycobacteria only to the complex level and are unable to differentiate M. tuberculosis from the closely related M. bovis and M. bovis BCG." "We describe here a rapid and robust two-step, multiplex, real-time PCR assay based on genomic deletions to definitively identify M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. bovis BCG, and other members of the complex. When...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-07)
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