Detection of Mycobacterium avium complex in cerebrospinal fluid of a sarcoid patient by specific polymerase chain reaction assays

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 202-204

  El Zaatari, Fouad A K ^a   Graham, David Y ^a   Samuelsson, Karin ^b   Engstrand, Lars ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0030943070     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709035887     Document Type: Article

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