Polymerase chain reaction as a useful and simple tool for rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in a brazilian tertiary care hospital

Meningitis is a severe and potentially fatal form of tuberculosis. The diagnostic workup involves detection of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by microscopy or culture, however, the difficulty in detecting the organism poses a challenge to diagnosis. The use of the polymeras...

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Autor principal: Dora, José Miguel Silva (author)
Outros Autores: Geib, Guilherme (author), Chakr, Rafael Mendonça da Silva (author), Paris, Fernanda de (author), Machado, Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro (author), Lutz, Larissa (author), Souza, Carolina Fischinger Moura de (author), Goldani, Luciano Zubaran (author)
Formato: other article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
Assuntos:
Tuberculose meníngea
Reação em cadeia da polimerase
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Brasil
Tuberculous meningitis
Diagnosis
Polymerase chain reaction
PCR
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/37797
País:Brasil
Oai:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/37797

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