Rapid laboratory confirmation of human brucellosis by PCR analysis of a target sequence on the 31-kilodalton Brucella antigen DNA

M Matar, G; A Khneisser, I; M Abdelnoor, A

doi:10.1128/jcm.34.2.477-478.1996

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Rapid laboratory confirmation of human brucellosis by PCR analysis of a target sequence on the 31-kilodalton Brucella antigen DNA

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Authors:

G M Matar

I A Khneisser

A M Abdelnoor

Abstract

We developed a PCR-based assay for the rapid and specific laboratory diagnosis of human brucellosis directly from whole blood. Specimens were collected in EDTA tubes from 17 patients with acute serologic brucellosis and 3 patients with chronic relapsing brucellosis as determined by serologic tests a...

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