Multiplex polymerase chain reaction for rapid detection of atypical mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 310-316

  Klemen, Huberta ^a   Bogiatzis, Athanasios ^b   Ghalibafian, Mariam ^a   Popper, Helmut H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

16 S ribosomal RNA; Atypical mycobacteria; Bacteriological sample; Cytological sample; Multiplex polymerase chain reaction; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Mycobacterium gordonae; Mycobacterium kansasii; Mycobacterium malmoense; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Paraffin embedded formalin fixed tissue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032407457     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199812000-00004     Document Type: Article

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