Efficacy of Pcr-Microwell Plate Hybridization Method (AmplicorTMMycobacterium) for Detection of M. Tuberculosis, M. Avium and/ or M. Intracellulare in Clinical Specimens

Kekkaku

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 593-605

  Aoki, Masakazu ^a   Katayama, Toru ^a   Yamagishi, Fumio ^a   Yokota, Soichiro ^a   Kameda, Kazuhiko ^a   Saito, Hajime ^a   Hara, Kohei ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a   Kawai, Tadashi ^a   Yotsumoto, Hideki ^a   Sekiguchi, Susumu ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplicor; M. avium; M. intracellulare; M. tuberculosis; PCR; rapid detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0028054004     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11400/kekkaku1923.69.593     Document Type: Article

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