Comparison of culture and acid-fast bacilli stain to PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 207-211

  Aslanzadeh, J ^a   De La Viuda, M ^a   Fille, M ^b   Smith, W B ^c   Namdari, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Institute for Hygiene and Social Medicine   (Austria)

^c Connecticut Stt Dept of Pub Hlth ^*  (United States)

^d Clinical Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032143960     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1998.0174     Document Type: Article

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