A Two-Step Real-Time PCR Method To Identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections and Six Dominant Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections from Clinical Specimens-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Two-Step Real-Time PCR Method To Identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections and Six Dominant Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections from Clinical Specimens

Published:2023-08-17 Issue:4 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Park Jungho¹²,Kwak Naeun²³,Chae Jong-Chan¹,Yoon Eun-Jeong⁴⁵,Jeong Seok Hoon⁵⁶^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Division of Biotechnology, Chongbuk National University, Iksan, South Korea

2. BioPark Diagnostics Inc., Seoul, South Korea

3. Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Software and Digital Healthcare Convergence, Yonsei University MIRAE Campus, Wonju, South Korea

4. Division of Antimicrobial Resistance Research, National Institute of Health, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheonju, South Korea

5. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

6. Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is an ongoing threat to public health. In addition, infection by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is a nonnegligible issue for global public health, with increasing incidences.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.01606-23

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