False-positive diagnosis of tuberculosis with PCR [13]

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9038, 1996, Pages 1388-

  Trinker, M ^a   Hofler, G ^a   Sill, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARMUSTINE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; ISONIAZID; MELPHALAN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029832324     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)65458-X     Document Type: Letter

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