The ligase chain reaction as a primary screening tool for the detection of culture positive tuberculosis

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 955-957

  O'Connor, T M ^a   Sheehan, S ^a   Cryan, B ^a   Brennan, N ^a   Bredin, C P ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Culture; Ligase chain reaction; Smear; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033765016     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.11.955     Document Type: Article

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