Evaluation of the Roche Amplicor™ polymerase chain reaction system for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in specimens

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-67

  Jackson, Kathy M ^a   Edwards, Rosalind M ^a   Bowden, D Scott ^a   Leslie, David E ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030067858     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169553     Document Type: Article

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