Diagnostic value of a nested polymerase chain reaction assay on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 754-762

  Honore, S ^a   Vincensini, J P ^a   Hocqueloux, L ^a   Noguera, M E ^a   Farge, D ^a   Lagrange, P ^a   Herrmann, J L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Nested PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034894748     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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