Comparison of two PCRs for detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 206-208

  Guimaraes Peres, A ^a   Portaels, F ^a   De Rijk, P ^a   Fissette, K ^a   Pattyn, S R ^a   Van Vooren, J P ^b   Fonteyne, P A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032956683     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.206-208.1999     Document Type: Article

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