Open AccessSimultaneous Detection of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid
Author(s) -
Viviana Ritacco,
Isabel N Kantor
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01682-06
Subject(s) - mycobacterium bovis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , cerebrospinal fluid , microbiology and biotechnology , tuberculosis , mycobacterium , virology , mycobacterium infections , biology , medicine , pathology
In the April 2006 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology , Shah et al. reported the simultaneous presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis in 22 human cerebrospinal fluid specimens ([5][1]). The method used to reveal the alleged coinfection was a novel nested PCR (N-PCR)
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