Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by Gen-Probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2275-2279

  Ehlers, Stefan ^a,b   Ignatius, Ralf ^a   Regnath, Thomas ^a   Hahn, Helmut ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Tuberculosis Center Borstel   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029784523     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2275-2279.1996     Document Type: Article

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