Shirin Karimi
Mycobacteriology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), MasihDaneshvari Hospital, ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Evaluation of in-house polymerase chain reaction assay sensitivity, can it be utilized in limited-resources settings?
Background :Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay has widely used for the detection of tuberculosis (TB). This study tried to compare in-house PCR with some well-known commercial PCR kits for detection of TB agent. Methods : Clinical samples obtained from 620 TB suspected patients were analyzed for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) by in-house PCR. All samples were o...
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