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Tuberculosis
University of Bergen details research in tuberculosis
October 7th, 2008
"We have developed and evaluated a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay suitable for the detection Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA from fine needle aspirate smears, of Patients with tuberculous lymphadenitis. Air-dried fine needle aspirates of cervical lymph nodes from 98 patients with tuberculous lymphadenitis were studied for cytomorphology, detection of acid fast bacilli by Ziehl-Neelsen staining, culture and nested PCR with IS6110 for mycobacteria oil DNA eluted from the dried unstained cytology smear," scientists writing in the journal Diagnostic Molecular Pathology report. "Twenty aspirate smears with diseases other than tuberculosis were similarly tested...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-07)
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