A PCR-colorimetric microwell plate hybridization assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. avium from Culture samples and Ziehl- Neelsen-positive smears

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1772-1776

  Rossi, Maria Cristina ^a   Gori, Andrea ^a   Zehender, Gianguglielmo ^a   Marchetti, Giulia ^a   Ferrario, Giulio ^a   De Maddalena, Chiara ^a   Catozzi, Lidia ^a   Bandera, Alessandra ^a   Degli Esposti, Anna ^a   Franzetti, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLORIMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034099414     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1772-1776.2000     Document Type: Article

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