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Direct detection of M. tuberculosis complex in clinical specimens

LG Lamprini Gkaravela
MP Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris
AF Antigoni Foka
FK Fevronia Kolonitsiou
AS Anastasia Spiliopoulou
NC Nikolaos Charokopos
AV Apostolos Voulgaridis
MT Maria Tsiamita
MM Markos Marangos
EA Evangelos D. Anastassiou
IS Iris Spiliopoulou
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Ziehl–Neelsen (ZN) staining was performed to all clinical specimens (4733). In addition, molecular methods were performed among 3139 clinical specimens, according to manufacturer's instructions. Testing was performed whenever requested by the clinicians. COBAS AMPLICOR MTB PCR (Roche Diagnostics, Rotkreuz, Switzerland) was used in 814 specimens obtained during January to September of 2009, whereas, COBAS TaqMan MTB (Roche Diagnostics) was applied afterwards in 2325 specimens, thereafter (October 2009–December 2011).

Copyright and License information:  ©2017 Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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