PCR-based rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in blood from immunocompetent patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3094-3095

  Ahmed, Niyaz ^a,b   Mohanty, Ashok Kumar ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Utpal ^a   Batish, Virender Kumar ^a   Grover, Sunita ^a  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031659299     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3094-3095.1998     Document Type: Article

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