PCR colorimetric dot-blot assay and clinical pretest probability for diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Smear-Negative patients - Scherer, Luciene Cardoso; Sperhacke, Rosa Dea; Jarczewski, Carla; Cafrune, Patrícia I; Minghelli, Simone; Ribeiro, Marta Osório; Mello, Fernanda CQ; Ruffino-Netto, Antonio; Rossetti, Maria LR; Kritski, Afrânio L (BMC public health, 2007)
Keywords: Adult; Brazil; Care and treatment; Causes of; Colorimetry; Cough; Developing Countries; Diagnosis; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Health aspects; Humans; Methods; Molecular Probe Techniques; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Nucleotide Mapping; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Probability; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sputum - microbiology; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology; Brazil