Alkaline decontamination of sputum specimens adversely affects stability of mycobacterial mRNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2435-2439

  Desjardin, L E ^a   Perkins, M D ^b   Teixeira, L ^b   Cave, M D ^a,c   Eisenach, K D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; RNA 16S; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAZIL; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029795603     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2435-2439.1996     Document Type: Article

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