Informative value of rapid microbiological diagnostic tests and experience in studying a procalcitonin assay in the evaluation of the activity of a mycobacterial population in children and adolescents with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis

The performed investigation showed that the specific feature of a group of children and adolescents with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis is the frequent absence of sputum (64.7%). The informative value of sputum examination for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) DNA by a polymerase chain reaction a...

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Main Authors: L. V. Panova, E. S. Ovsyankina, M. M. Averbakh, F. A. Poluektova, O. A. Piskunova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: NEW TERRA Publishing House 2015-01-01
Series:Tuberkulez i Bolezni Lëgkih
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Online Access:https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/328