Use of Roche AMPLICOR Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR in early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1251-1254

  Bonington, Alec ^a   Strang, J I George ^c,d   Klapper, Paul E ^b   Hood, Steven V ^a   Rubombora, William ^c   Penny, Miranda ^c   Willers, Rose ^c   Wilkins, Edmund G L ^a  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Cecilia Makiwane Hospital   (South Africa)

^d MILTON KEYNES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031958867     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1251-1254.1998     Document Type: Article

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