Polymerase Chain Reaction

PCR is based on using the ability of DNA polymerase

Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Specimen Positivity Rate by Polymerase Chain Reaction at a Regional Veteran Affairs Medical Center

Objective: sexually transmitted infections due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and / or Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) remains a major public health problem. Although the literature describes

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[Evaluation of Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction in Pneumocystis jirovecii Laboratory Diagnosis]

Pneumocystis jirovecii is a human species-specific and cause fatal infections such as P.jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised people. Although direct microscopy is the gold standard

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