Monitoring treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: Can PCR be applied?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3601-3607

  Thomsen, Vibeke Ø stergaard ^a,e   Kok Jensen, Axel ^a   Buser, Mauro ^b   Philippi Schulz, Sabine ^c   Burkardt, H J ^d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^d Roche Diagnostics   (Switzerland)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GENE TARGETING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032836266     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3601-3607.1999     Document Type: Article

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