Reverse transcription-PCR detection of Mycobacterium leprae in clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1352-1356

  Kurabachew, Mekonnen ^a   Wondimu, Assefa ^a   Ryon, Judith J ^a,b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031958868     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1352-1356.1998     Document Type: Article

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