[The laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis].
The resurgence of tuberculosis and the increasing prevalence of multiple-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are the reasons for the need of a rapid diagnosis of this infection. The article provides information about traditional and new methods in the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis, comparing their efficacy and rapidity.
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Disciplina de Microbiologie, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa, Iaşi.
D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology