Open AccessClinical, radiological and molecular diagnosis correlation in serum samples from patients with osteoarticular tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Guadalupe García-Elorriaga,
Olga A. Martínez-Elizondo,
Guillermo del Rey-Pineda,
César González-Bonilla
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.12980/apjtb.4.201414b112
Subject(s) - histopathology , medicine , nested polymerase chain reaction , tuberculosis , pathology , stain , bacilli , polymerase chain reaction , staining , biology , bacteria , genetics , biochemistry , gene
To assess the role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in serum samples, in the diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis (OTB) in a setting where only clinical and imaging diagnoses determine the treatment.