Evaluation of a fluorescence hybridisation assay using peptide nucleic acid probes for identification and differentiation of tuberculous and non-tuberculous myeobacteria in liquid cultures

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-145

  Padilla, E ^a   Manterola, J M ^a   Rasmussen, O F ^b   Lonca, J ^a   Dominguez J ^a   Matas, L ^a   Hernandez A ^a   Ausina, V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034011681     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050447     Document Type: Article

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