Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA on the oral mucosa of tuberculosis patients

Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) usually includes laboratory analysis of sputum, a viscous material derived from deep in the airways of patients with active disease. As a diagnostic sample matrix, sputum can be difficult to collect and analyze by microbiological and molecular techniques. An...

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Main Authors: Wood, Rachel C., Luabeya, Angelique K., Weigel, Kris M., Wilbur, Alicia K., Jones-Engel, Lisa, Hatherill, Mark, Cangelosi, Gerard A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345328/