Heat Inactivation Renders Sputum Safe and Preserves <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> RNA for Downstream Molecular Tests
Wilber Sabiiti, Khalide Azam, Ezembro Esmeraldo, Nilesh Bhatt, Andrea Rachow, Stephen H. Gillespie
Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2019-02
Abstract
The World Health Organization End Tuberculosis (TB) strategy has called for the development of—and increased access to—effective tools for diagnosis and treatment of TB disease. Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the causative agent of TB, is categorized as a highly infectious agent.
MeSH terms
- Sputum
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Microbiology
- RNA
- Biology
- Virology
- Medicine