Evaluation of amplicor- and IS6110-PCR for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Singapore

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1095-1101

  Se Thoe, S Y ^a   Tay, L ^a   Sng, E H ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amplicor PCR; IS6110 PCR and Singapore; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030678032     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-181.x     Document Type: Article

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