Comparison of two molecular methods and an automated liquid culture system for the early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from both pulmonary and extrapulmonary specimens in Kuwait | Zendy

Eiman Mokaddas | Zendy; H. Saadaldeen | Zendy; Suhail Ahmad | Zendy

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Comparison of two molecular methods and an automated liquid culture system for the early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from both pulmonary and extrapulmonary specimens in Kuwait

Author(s) -

Eiman Mokaddas,

H. Saadaldeen,

Suhail Ahmad

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of mycobacteriology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2212-554X

pISSN - 2212-5531

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2016.09.004

Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , assay sensitivity , polymerase chain reaction , pathology , pulmonary tuberculosis , biology , gene , biochemistry , alternative medicine

Molecular methods for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are widely used for the early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). The objectives of this study were to evaluate the performance of two molecular techniques for the detection of MTB for both pulmonary and extrapulmonary specimens in comparison with conventional culture techniques in Kuwait and to correlate the results with clinical and histopathological diagnosis.

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