Comparative performance of PCR-based assay versus microscopy and culture for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical respiratory specimens in lebanon

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 877-881

  Araj, G F ^a   Talhouk, R S ^a   Itani, L Y ^a   Jaber, W ^a   Jamaleddine, G W ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

BACTEC; Diagnosis; Direct detection; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEBANON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEBANON; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033822273     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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