Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples from Guinea Bissau by an rRNA target-amplified test system

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-70

  Hoffner, S E ^a   Norberg, R ^a   Carlos Toro, J ^a   Winqvist, N ^a   Koivula, T ^a   Dias, F ^a   Svenson, S B ^a   Kallenius, G ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030046742     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(96)90078-7     Document Type: Article

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