Research Topics | Clara Inés LeonSummaryAffiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Country: Colombia Publications
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[Effect of some biocides on non-tuberculous mycobacteria]Clara Inés Leon
Laboratorio de Micobacterias, Subdirección de Investigación y Desarrollo, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, D C, Colombia
Biomedica 22:133-40. 2002..Glutaraldehyde (neither corrosive nor oxidant) is a safe alternative for disinfection of this type of equipment. However, it is important to bear in mind that these pathogens may develop resistance to biocides...
[Developing and using a PCR test to detect subclinical Mycobacterium leprae infection]Martha Inirida Guerrero
Laboratorio de Micobacterias, Subdirección de Investigación y Desarrollo, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, Colombia
Rev Panam Salud Publica 11:228-34. 2002..The objective of this study was to investigate the use of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to detect M. leprae in samples of nasal mucus from asymptomatic household contacts of patients with leprosy...
[Respiratory syntomatic prevalence, infection and tuberculosis disease and associated factors: population-based study]Ingrid Garcia
Subdirección de Epidemiología y LNR, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota, DC, Colombia
Biomedica 24:124-31. 2004..The data also reinforce the need for better vaccination coverages with BCG in high endemic areas...
