Efficacy of amplicor PCR for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in respiratory specimens other than sputum

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 209-215

  Shibuya, Y ^a   Shiozaki, T ^a   Hayashi, M ^a   Sugiyama, Y ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033730660     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tuld.2000.0248     Document Type: Article

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