Detection and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from sputum sediments by ligase chain reaction

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1028-1031

  Moore, Douglas F ^a,b   Curry, Janis I ^a  

^a Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

^b Orange County Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031918789     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.1028-1031.1998     Document Type: Article

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