Recent Advances in the Laboratory Detection of Mycobacterium ...

Recent advances in the laboratory detection of ... - PubMed

Recent advances in the laboratory detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and drug resistance ... Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jun;52(11):1350-5. doi: 10.1093/ ...

Because mycobacteria grow faster in liquid than on solid media, detection of tubercle bacilli can occur more quickly than with other culture methods. In the ...

Recent advances in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Septi-chek AFB (Roche Diagnostic Systems, Nutley, N.J.) is a test which allows simultaneous detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis ...

Recent Advances in the Laboratory Detection of Mycobacterium ...

Recent Advances in the Laboratory Detection of. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Drug. Resistance. Michael L. Wilson1,2. 1Department of Pathology and ...

Recent advances in the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis

The laboratory plays a decisive role in diagnosing tu- berculosis (TB) and the identification and drug sen- sitivity testing (DST) of Mycobacterium ...

Recent advances in microbiological and molecular ... - Frontiers

However, laboratory diagnosis of TBM is often difficult due to its paucibacillary nature and sub optimal sensitivity of conventional microbiology and molecular ...

Evolution of Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis - MDPI

We aim to present and review the history, progress, and future directions in the diagnosis of tuberculosis by evaluating the current methods of laboratory ...

Applications and advances in molecular diagnostics - Frontiers

Several detection methods for NTM have been developed by adapting techniques originally designed for mycobacterial identification. While targeted single-gene ...

Improving the diagnosis of tuberculosis: old and new laboratory tools

tuberculosis culture methods which are considered the definitive confirmation of M. tuberculosis infection, and limited advances made to build on these core ...

Advances in Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

Over the last decade, the field of TB diagnostics has seen advances in the form of new molecular tests. Often referred to as nucleic acid ...

Recent Advances in the Laboratory Detection of Mycobacterium ...

Prompt detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for effective control of tuberculosis (TB). We developed a Multi-PCR-SSCP method ...

New developments in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment

The specimen can be cultured in solid (e.g. Löwenstein–Jensen or Middlebrook 7H11) or liquid media (e.g. for use with the BACTEC Mycobacterium Growth Indicator ...

Nonconventional and new methods in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

PCR-based sequencing techniques are now common in many laboratories for the identification of mycobacteria. They consist of amplification of mycobacterial DNA ...

Advances in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Mycobacterial culture is more sensitive than smear microscopy as it is able to detect as few as 10 bacilli per ml of digested concentrated clinical specimen.[4] ...

Recent advances in molecular diagnostics and understanding ...

The most notorious and important species of Mycobacterium are M. tuberculosis complex and M. leprae, which are the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy, ...

Recent Advances in Rapid Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

Multicenter Study of a Commercial, Automated Polymerase Chain Reaction System for the Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens in ...

Laboratory Diagnosis and Susceptibility Testing for Mycobacterium ...

Foremost, the laboratory defines appropriate specimen criteria for optimal test performance. The direct detection of mycobacteria in the clinical specimen, ...

Development of a two-step nucleic acid amplification test for ... - Nature

The early diagnosis of MTBC can reduce mortality and mitigate disease transmission. However, current nucleic acid amplification diagnostic test ...

M48 Ed2 | Laboratory Detection and Identification of Mycobacteria ...

This guideline provides recommendations for medical mycobacteriology laboratories on the optimal approach for diagnosis of mycobacterial infections.

Advances in the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and ...

The first technique for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) was reported in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch, along with Dr. Paul Erlich, developed the acid-fast stain as ...