Abstract: An attachment to a glove enables electronic data entry on a touchscreen by a person wearing the glove. The attachment is a plate comprising a main body (110) and at least two bendable prongs (120) extending from the main body (110). Each bendable prong has a pointed end (121) capable of being inserted through a finger extremity of a glove and being bent within the glove towards the main body (110) to secure the main body to the finger extremity such that a user's finger in a glove touches a prong. The device further comprises a coating (111) on the plate that is electrically conducting such that a user touching a prong is electrically connected to the main body. The coating has a softness and consistency that tends to minimize scratching an electronic touchscreen upon contact with a touchscreen.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pair of primers to amplify a homologous region of the 16S rRNA of Mycobacteria. The primer pair performs better than a number of other primer pairs in a transcription-based amplification system. The amplified RNA can be detected with known probes for Mycobacteria. The primers, methods and kits are especially useful as an aid in the diagnosis of M. tuberculosis.