Detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis by PCR amplification with pan-mycobacterium primers and hybridization to an M. tuberculosis-specific probe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 918-923

  Tevere, Vincent J ^a   Hewitt, Peter L ^a   Dare, Allen ^b   Hocknell, Peter ^a   Keen, Anne ^a   Spadoro, Joanne P ^a   Young, Karen K Y ^b  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029880745     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.918-923.1996     Document Type: Article

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