Clinical utility of a commercial ligase chain reaction kit for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 421-425

  Kwiatkowska, S ^a   Marczak, J ^b   Zieba, M ^b   Nowak, D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ligase chain reaction; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; LIGASE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033015573     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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