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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2010, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 45-48.

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The clinical application of fluorescent quantitative PCR in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Wu Chi; Zhang Hongmei; Zhan Nengyong; Deng Yongcong; Shan Wanshui; Yu Weiye   

  1. Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen; Shenzhen 518020; China;
  • Online:2010-10-15 Published:2011-08-25

Abstract: Objective To study clinical value of fluorescent quantitative PCR(FQ-PCR) on detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex(MTB).Methods 860 sputum samples from the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were detected by FQ-PCR,staining and culture,respectively.The sensitivity and specificity of FQ-PCR were assessed by comparing the results.Results The sensitivity of FQ-PCR reached 10~100CFU/ml.The results of other pathogens in respiratory tract were negative by FQ-PCR.The positive rate of FQ-PCR in testing ...

Key words: tuberculosis, pulmonary/diagnosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, polymerase chain reaction

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