Detection and quantification of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in saline-processed stool samples by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay: a potential alternative for processing stool

Emmanuel Musisi; Abdul Ssesolo; Derek J. Sloan; Stephen H. Gillespie; Wilber Sabiiti

doi:10.1128/spectrum.00274-22

Detection and quantification of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in saline-processed stool samples by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay: a potential alternative for processing stool

Emmanuel Musisi
, Abdul Ssesolo
, Derek J. Sloan
, Stephen H. Gillespie
, Wilber Sabiiti^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	00274-22
Number of pages	3
Journal	Microbiology Spectrum
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00274-22
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2022

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Keywords

Diagnosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Phosphate-buffered saline
RNA
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis bacterial load assay
Viable bacillary load

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Musisi, E., Ssesolo, A., Sloan, D. J., Gillespie, S. H., & Sabiiti, W. (2022). Detection and quantification of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in saline-processed stool samples by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay: a potential alternative for processing stool. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(3), Article 00274-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00274-22

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Detection and quantification of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in saline-processed stool samples by Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay: a potential alternative for processing stool. / Musisi, Emmanuel; Ssesolo, Abdul; Sloan, Derek J. et al.
In: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol. 10, No. 3, 00274-22, 12.05.2022.

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