Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of urinary tract tuberculosis

Urological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-111

  Van Vollenhoven, P ^a   Heyns, C F ^a   De Beer, P M ^a   Whitaker, P ^a   Van Helden, P D ^b   Victor, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

polymerase chain reaction; tuberculosis; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, UROGENITAL; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0029880148     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00431088     Document Type: Article

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