Molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in tissues showing granulomatous inflammation without demonstrable acid-fast bacilli

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Li, Jackson Y W ^a   Lo, Stephen T H ^a   Ng, Chi Sing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Granulomatous inflammation; IS6110; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Paraffin sections; Polymerase Chain Reaction; ZN AFB negative

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034081384     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200006000-00001     Document Type: Article

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