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Routine application of the polymerase chain reaction for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples.
1 Sept 1995
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AIM: To investigate the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the routine laboratory for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples. METHODS: Samples were divided and processed separately for the detection of M tuberculosis by microscopy, culture and PCR. After DNA extraction, PCR was performed with primers specific for the insertion element IS6110 and the product was analysed by...
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