| Literature DB >> 20463168 |
Robert F Luo1, Michael D Scahill, Niaz Banaei.
Abstract
Real-time PCR can rapidly identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis in paraffin-embedded tissue in the absence of microbiological culture. In a comparison of single-copy and multicopy PCR targets in 70 tissue samples, the sensitivities were 26% and 54%, respectively, with 100% specificity. Sensitivity was 75% for newer samples and was not decreased for acid-fast bacillus (AFB) stain-negative specimens.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20463168 PMCID: PMC2897508 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02449-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948