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Article: Simple assay monitors treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.
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- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- October 3, 2004
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2004 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A simple assay monitors the treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
"By oxidation-reduction assay, the viability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens was evaluated," researchers in Iran report.
"The technique is based on the Alamar Blue and Malachite Green dyes, which change their color in response to M. tuberculosis growth," wrote P. Farnia and coauthors.
"The method is simple, permits visual reading of results, and is applicable for laboratories with limited resources," the authors concluded.
Farnia and colleagues published their study in Journal of Clinical ...