Comparative Study of the Sensitivity of Different Diagnostic Methods for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease
Clinical Infectious Diseases2009Vol. 48(8), pp. 1055–1064
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Karl–Heinz Herbinger, Ohene Adjei, Nana-Yaa Awua-Boateng, Willemien A. Nienhuis, Letitia Kunaa, Vera Siegmund, Jörg Nitschke, William A. Thompson, Erasmus Klutse, Pius Agbenorku, Alexander Schipf, Simone Reu, Paul Rácz, Bernhard Fleischer, Marcus Beißner, Erna Fleischmann, Kerstin Helfrich, Tjip S. van der Werf, Thomas Löscher, Gisela Bretzel
Abstract
Across all subgroups, PCR had the highest sensitivity. PCR assessment of 3-mm punch biopsy tissue specimens proved to be the best diagnostic tool for nonulcerative lesions, and PCR assessment of swab samples was the best diagnostic tool for ulcerative lesions. For monitoring of antimycobacterial treatment success within controlled trials, however, only culture is appropriate.
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