Real-time quantitative PCR in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded pleural tissue in patients from a high HIV endemic area

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-117

  Baba, Kamaldeen ^a,c   Pathak, Sharad ^a,b   Sviland, Lisbeth ^a,b   Langeland, Nina ^a,b   Hoosen, Anwar A ^c   Asjo, Birgitta ^a,b   Dyrhol Riise, Anne M ^a,b   Mustafa, Tehmina ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HIV; HIV TB coinfection; Pleuritis; Real time PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; PARAFFIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLEURISY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PLEURA; PLEURISY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; TISSUE FIXATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 47049109164     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PDM.0b013e31814ceac3     Document Type: Article

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