Multiplex PCR assay for the detection of mycobacterial DNA sequences directly from sputum

In Vivo

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 547-551

  Ikonomopoulos, J A ^a   Gorgoulis, V G ^a   Zacharatos, P V ^a   Kotsinas, A ^a   Tsoli, E ^a   Karameris, A ^b   Panagou, P ^b   Kittas, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031771917     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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