Critical Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques To Test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory Tract Samples
AUTOR(ES)
Van den Wijngaert, S.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The usefulness of employing Belgian selection criteria before performing nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAT) was evaluated. The results of this study show that for smear-negative patients with an abnormal chest radiology result in the absence of a respiratory tract infection by bacterial pathogens, testing with NAT is of major benefit.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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