[The effectiveness of Mycobacteria tuberculosis isolation by polymerase chain reaction: results of a randomized trial].
The results of testing sputum for Mycobacterium tuberculosis by different methods: polymerase chain reaction (PCR), luminescence microscopy, and culture tests were compared. Clinical sputum samples were studied in 62 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 72 patients with non-specific diseases of the lung. The specificity of PCR was 98.7%. The sensitivity of PCR was 59.6%; that of cultural tests was 43.8%.
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Shipina
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Levchenko
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000995:Antitubercular Agents