Mycobacteria mobility shift assay: a method for the rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria

Mycobacteria mobility shift assay: a method for the rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria

The identification of mycobacteria is essential because tuberculosis (TB) and mycobacteriosis are clinically indistinguishable and require different therapeutic regimens. The traditional phenotypic method is time consuming and may last up to 60 days. Indeed, rapid, affordable, specific and easy-to-p...

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Main Authors: Letícia Muraro Wildner, Maria Luiza Bazzo, Susie Coutinho Liedke, Christiane Lourenço Nogueira, Gabriela Segat, Simone Gonçalves Senna, Aline Daiane Schlindwein, Jaquelline Germano de Oliveira, Darcita B Rovaris, Claudio A Bonjardim, Erna G Kroon, Paulo CP Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
nontuberculous mycobacteria
mycobacteria mobility shift assay
mycobacterial identification
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000300356&lng=en&tlng=en

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