Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using PCR assays on sputum collected within 24 hours of hospital admission

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 156-161

  Cohen, Robert A ^a   Muzaffar, Shirin ^b   Schwartz, David ^b   Bashir, Shahid ^b   Luke, Scott ^b   Mcgartland, Laura P ^b   Kaul, Karen ^b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031919245     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.1.97-06043     Document Type: Article

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