Place of nucleic acid amplification techniques for diagnosis of tuberculosis

Antibiotiques

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-180

  Jouveshomme, S ^a   Cambau, E ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Gene amplification; Myobacterium tuberculosis; Respiratory samples

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SECRETIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAND DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRIPTION MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034833678     PISSN: 12945501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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