Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by polymerase chain reaction in a case of orbital tuberculosis

Orbit

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-74

  Biswas, J ^a   Chowdhury, B R ^a   Kumar, S K ^a   Therese, K L ^a   Madhavan, H N ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Orbital inflammation; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORBIT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034940717     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/orbi.20.1.69.2643     Document Type: Article

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