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Use of specific rRNA oligonucleotide probes for microscopic detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture and tissue specimens.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections are a major global health problem. Fast and accurate detection of M. tuberculosis is clearly needed at both the clinical level and the research level. We report a rapid and reliable in situ hybridization technique using rRNA oligonucleotide probes for the identification of M. tuberculosis in tissues and cultures.


St Amand AL, Frank DN, De Groote MA, Basaraba RJ, Orme IM, Pace NR

Journal of clinical microbiology

2005-10-01 00:00

43

10

5369-71

Animals,Cattle,Culture Media,Guinea Pigs,Humans,In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence,Lung,Mice,Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Oligonucleotide Probes,RNA, Ribosomal,Sensitivity and Specificity,Species Specificity,Sputum,Tuberculosis, Pulmonary,Culture Media,Oligonucleotide Probes,RNA, Ribosomal

Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0347, USA

J. Clin. Microbiol.

NIAID AI-054697, NIAID AI-51298

0095-1137

10.1128/JCM.43.10.5369-5371.2005

43/10/5369

997

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Daniel Frank
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