In just a few years, molecular fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has provided clinicians with significant insight into the epidemiology of tuberculosis. This methodology has allowed for a ...
Nucleic acid amplification assays including PCR have revolutionized the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Tuberculosis spread to almost every organ of the body and is characterized on the ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's most common infectious diseases. Although infection with the Mycobacterium ...
A cohort of 56 patients infected with related strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the S75 group, was identified in a New Jersey population-based study of all isolates with a low number of copies of ...
A tuberculosis (TB) skin test is the first method a doctor may use to try to determine if a person has TB. A TB skin test involves injecting a person with a small amount of tuberculin to see how the ...