Genus level identification of mycobacteria from clinical specimens by using an easy-to-handle Mycobacterium-specific PCR assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 614-617

  Stauffer, Fritz ^a,f   Haber, Heinrich ^a   Rieger, Armin ^b   Mutschlechner, Robert ^c   Hasenberger, Petra ^a   Tevere, Vincent J ^d   Young, Karen K Y ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^c Hospital of Grimmenstein   (Austria)

^d HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^e ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^f Federal Public Health Laboratory Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031890982     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.614-617.1998     Document Type: Article

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