Multicenter evaluation of a pathogenic Mycobacterium screening probe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2687-2689

  Emler, S ^a   Feldmann, K ^a   Giacuzzo, V ^a   Hewitt, P L ^a   Klapper, P E ^a   Lagrange, P H ^a   Wilkins, E W ^a   Young, K K Y ^a   Herrmann, J L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034960468     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2687-2689.2001     Document Type: Article

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