title: Diagnosis of tuberculosis: can the polymerase chain reaction replace acid-fast bacilli smear and culture?
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Afghani
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Stutman
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology