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| Silva,Paulo da; Santos,Adolfo Carlos Barreto; Sato,Daisy Nakamura; Silva,Jaqueline Otero; Medeiros,Marta Inês Cazentini; Carneiro,Ana Maria Machado; Leite,Sergio Roberto de Andrade; Leite,Clarice Queico Fujimura. |
| INTRODUCTION: Rhodococcus equi is an opportunistic pathogen, causing rhodococcosis, a condition that can be confused with tuberculosis. Often, without identifying M. tuberculosis, physicians initiate empiric treatment for tuberculosis. R. equi and M. tuberculosis have different susceptibility to drugs. Identification of R. equi is based on a variety of phenotypic, chromatographic, and genotypic characteristics. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to characterize bacterial isolates from sputum samples suggestive of R. equi. METHODS: The phenotypic identification included biochemical assays; thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used for genotypic identification. RESULTS: Among 78 Gram-positive and partially acid-fast bacilli... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Polymerase chain reaction; Rhodococcus equi; Mycolic acids. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000500001 |
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| Miyata,Marcelo; Pavan,Fernando Rogério; Sato,Daisy Nakamura; Marino,Leonardo Biancolino; Hirata,Mario Hiroyuki; Cardoso,Rosilene Fressati; Melo,Fernando Augusto Fiúza de; Leite,Clarice Queico Fujimura. |
| We assessed the performance of REMA in comparison with BACTEC MGIT 960 in the susceptibility testing of 80 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Clemente Ferreira Institute against four drugs. REMA proved to be a rapid and accurate method, providing excellent correlation with BACTEC MGIT 960, with the exception of results for the ethambutol drug. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Drug susceptibility testing. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000100041 |
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