| Literature DB >> 17093024 |
Leen Rigouts1, Oscar Nolasco, Pim de Rijk, Elie Nduwamahoro, Armand Van Deun, Andy Ramsay, Jorge Arevalo, Françoise Portaels.
Abstract
New rpoB gene primers for detecting Rif(r) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria achieved 100% specificity and 88% (fresh sputa) and 92% (ethanol-preserved sputa) diagnostic sensitivity and detected up to 4 CFU/sample. Of the 99 Rif(r) isolates examined, 97% had mutations within cluster I, 2% at codon 176, and 1% at codon 497.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17093024 PMCID: PMC1828994 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01489-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948