Evaluation of a Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification Method for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex on Samples from Different Sources
- 1 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 35 (5) , 329-331
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540310005404
Abstract
Using primers specific for the IS6110 region of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, successful amplification by the polymerase chain reaction was demonstrated in 81 of 84 archive specimens from patients who had been clinically diagnosed 2 months to 16 y previously as having tuberculosis. Depending on the time of storage of the specimens, extra DNA bands were found in addition to the IS6110 region band.Keywords
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