Clinical usefulness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis/NTM real-time polymerase chain reaction in diagnosis of tuberculosis

Background Tuberculosis (TB) management and prevention of further spread is crucially based on early and prompt diagnosis. Even though conventional methods are the gold standard for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), they are time consuming and do not detect nontuberculous mycobacteria i...

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Main Authors: Alaa Rashad, Hebat-Allah G Rashed, Mohammed Zakaria, Asmaa Omar, Amal Hosni, Hanaa Nafady-Hego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2021;volume=70;issue=1;spage=43;epage=47;aulast=Rashad