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Tuberculosis
Data on tuberculosis described by researchers at Stanford University, Medical Department
June 16th, 2009
"The rapid identification of mycobacteria from culture is of primary importance for the administration of empirical antibiotic therapy and for the implementation of public health measures, yet there are few commercially available assays that can easily and accurately identify the mycobacteria in culture in a timely manner. Here we report on the development of a multiplex, real-time PCR assay that can identify 93% of the pathogenic mycobacteria in our laboratory in two parallel reactions," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology report. "The mycobacteria identified by this assay include the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), the M. avium...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-16)
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