Cord factor detection and macroscopic evaluation of mycobacterial colonies: an efficient combined screening test for the presumptive identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex on solid media Detecção do fator corda e avaliação do aspecto macroscópico das colônias de micobactérias: um eficiente teste de triagem combinado para a identificação presuntiva do complexo Mycobacterium tuberculosis em meios só

OBJECTIVE: The rapid differentiation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria is fundamental for patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV. To that end, we use two methods in our laboratory: detection of cord factor and PCR-restriction enzyme analysis (PRA). The object...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Cristina dos Santos Simeão, Erica Chimara, Rosângela Siqueira Oliveira, Jonas Umeoka Yamauchi, Fábio Oliveira Latrilha, Maria Alice da Silva Telles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2009-12-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132009001200008