Articles with "culture sputum" as a keyword



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New assay to diagnose and differentiate between Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and nontuberculous mycobacteria.

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Published in 2019 at "Tuberculosis"

DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.10.004

Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to create a real-time PCR test system allowing simultaneous detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) both in culture and sputum. NTM cultures (18 strains,… read more here.

Keywords: nontuberculous mycobacteria; tuberculosis complex; culture sputum; tuberculosis ... See more keywords