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Direct application of the INNO-LiPA Rif.TB line-probe assay for rapid identific...
Viveiros, M; Leandro, C; Rodrigues, L; Almeida, J; Bettencourt, R; Couto, I; Carrilho, L; Diogo, J; Fonseca, A; Lito, L; Lopes, J; Pacheco, TThe INNO-LiPA Rif.TB assay for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains and the detection of rifampin (RIF) resistance has been evaluated with 360 smear-positive respiratory specimens from an area of high incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The sensitivity when compared to conventional identification/culture methods was 82.2%, and the specificity was 66.7%; the sensit...
Cavitated pulmonary condensation by Rhodococcus equi, in an HIV seropositive in...
Messias, A; Araújo, C; Lino, S; Pacheco, T; Masinho, K; Ordway, D; Ventura, F AThe first clinical case described in Portugal of a human infection by Rhodococcus equi in a 35 year-old HIV1 seropositive i.v. drug user is presented. The patient was admitted to hospital due to clinical and radiological suspicion of tuberculosis. While in hospital, a Rhodococcus equi cavitated lung infection was diagnosed. By applying a triple antibiotic therapy with erythromycin, rifampin and teicoplanin alon...