Development of a PCR assay for rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1696-1700

  Ross, B C ^a,d   Marino, L ^a   Oppedisano, F ^a   Edwards, R ^b   Robins Browne, R M ^a,c   Johnson, P D R ^a,e  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^d CSL LIMITED   (Australia)

^e MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0030968668     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1696-1700.1997     Document Type: Article

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