ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2017
Use of Digital Droplet PCR to Detect
Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Droplet digital PCR vs. quantitative real time-PCR for diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell-free DNA for tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Rapid tuberculosis diagnosis from respiratory or blood samples by a low cost, portable lab-in-tube assay.Science translational medicine · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis between digital PCR and blood culture for blood pathogen detection.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Multiplex droplet digital PCR for the detection and quantitation ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Decoding differentially expressed genes to identify potential immunity associated biomarkers in Tuberculosis: An integrative bioinformatics approach.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2024Article
- Application of Second-Generation Sequencing Technology in Lower Respiratory Tract Infection.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2024Review
- Clinical evaluation of a multiplex droplet digital PCR for pathogen detection in critically ill COVID-19 patients with bloodstream infections.Infection · 2024Article
- Droplet digital PCR aids in the diagnosis of children with fever of unknown origin --A typical case report.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Present and Future Applications of Digital PCR in Infectious Diseases Diagnosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Integrating pathogen- and host-derived blood biomarkers for enhanced tuberculosis diagnosis: a comprehensive review.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Droplet digital PCR as alternative to microbiological culture forFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
- Detection and Quantification of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Fecal Samples Using Digital Droplet PCR in Comparison with Real-Time PCR.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
- Evolution of tuberculosis diagnostics: From molecular strategies to nanodiagnostics.Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2023Review
- Detection ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Use of Pleural Fluid Digital PCR Analysis to Improve the Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Improved Conventional and New Approaches in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Application of Droplet Digital PCR to Detection ofInfection and drug resistance · 2022Review
- Evaluation of a droplet digital PCR assay for quantification ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Using Sequence-Specific Purification of Urine Cell-Free DNA.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease that has been threatening public health for many centuries. The clinical diagnostic procedure for TB is time-consuming and laborious. In the last 20 years, real-time fluorescence-based quantitative PCR (real-time PCR) has become a better alternative for TB diagnosis in clinics due to its sensitivity and specificity. Recently, digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) has been developed, and it might be an ideal alternative to conventional real-time PCR for microorganism detection. In this study, we aimed to assess the capacity of ddPCR and real-time PCR for detecting low levels of circulating
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