LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay is valuable with respiratory specimens, but provides little help in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-62

  Rantakokko Jalava, K ^a   Marjamaki M ^a   Marttila, H ^a   Makela L ^a   Valtonen, V ^a   Viljanen, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Ligase chain reaction; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035075277     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890109002060     Document Type: Article

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