Evaluation of three commercial detection systems for Mycobacterium tuberculosis where clinical diagnosis is difficult

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Brown, T J ^a   Power, E G M ^a   French, G L ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nucleic acid amplification; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032981551     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.3.193     Document Type: Article

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