Efficacy of real-time polymerase chain reaction for rapid diagnosis of endobronchial tuberculosis | Zendy

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Efficacy of real-time polymerase chain reaction for rapid diagnosis of endobronchial tuberculosis

Author(s) -

Gang Hou,

Tao Zhang,

Da-hai Kang,

Wei Wang,

Xuejun Hu,

Qiuyue Wang,

Jian Kang

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.04.027

Subject(s) - sputum , medicine , bronchoscopy , biopsy , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , staining , real time polymerase chain reaction , pathology , radiology , biology , biochemistry , gene

The definitive diagnosis of endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is challenging because the disease manifests in various non-specific ways, and acid-fast bacilli (AFB) are often undetectable by sputum smear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of real-time PCR of bronchoscopic biopsy specimens for the diagnosis of EBTB.

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