Nested polymerase chain reaction on vaginal smears of tuberculous cervicitis: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 308-312

  Ferrara, Gerardo ^b   Cannone, Maria ^b   Guadagnino, Antonio ^b   Nappi, Oscar ^b   Barberis, Massimo C ^a  

^a Ospedale 21   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervicitis; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculous cervicitis; Vaginal smears

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; COLPOSCOPY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA CYTOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032956234     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331000     Document Type: Article

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