Detection of fastidious mycobacteria in human intestines by the polymerase chain reaction

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 358-363

  Dumonceau, J M ^a,b   Van Gossum, A ^a   Adler, M ^a   Van Vooren, J P ^a   Fonteyne, P A ^b   De Beenhouwer, H ^b   Portaels, F ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030990438     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01726363     Document Type: Article

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