COMPARATIVE STUDY ON USE OF NESTED PCR AND CONVENTIONAL METHODS IN DIAGNOSIS OF TREATED AND UNTREATED TUBERCULOSIS
A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay with two pairs of primers was applied for the detection of M. tuberculosis complex DNA in specimens of 51 patients. Of these, 31 clinically diagnosed patients (group I) recruited from July 1996 to June 1997 were given antituherculous chemotherapy from o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
1997-07-01
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| Series: | Acta Medica Iranica |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/4934.pdf&manuscript_id=4934 |