Strand displacement amplification and the polymerase chain reaction for monitoring response to treatment in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 934-941

  Hellyer, Tobin J ^b   Fletcher, Terry W ^b   Bates, Joseph H ^b   Stead, William W ^b   Templeton, Gary L ^b   Cave, M Donald ^b   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030053290     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.4.934     Document Type: Article

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