PRIMERS, PROBES AND METHODS FOR MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS

摘要

Practical and rapid methods for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have long been sought particularly because of the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection and because standard culture methods are not practical given the long incubation periods needed and the growing prevalence of drug resistant strains.