Product Description

Tuberculosis, also named MBT, TBC or TB, is a world-wide spread, common and often lethal infectious disease. The number of new infections is still increasing. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs, but also other parts of the body can be affected. The infection is spread by droplet infection and causes symptoms, like chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats and weight loss. Sample Material Whole blood Blood serum (plasma) Biopsy material Urine Bronchopulmonary lavage Sputum Synovial fluid Cerebrospinal fluid Detection Channels FAM (495 – 520 nm) for Internal Control (IC) ROX (575 – 602 nm) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA