Commercial polymerase chain reaction test (Amplicor set) in the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis from sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-12

  Salajka, F ^a   Mezensky, L ^b   Pokorny, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b Dept for Microbiol of Tuberculosis ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Sputum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034104955     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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