Multiplex PCR assay for immediate identification of the infecting species in patients with mycobacterial disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1492-1498

  Kox, Linda F F ^a,b   Jansen, Henk M ^b   Kuijper, Sjoukje ^a   Kolk, Arend H J ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030981243     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1492-1498.1997     Document Type: Article

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