Evaluation of a fluorescence in situ hybridization assay for differentiation between tuberculous and nontuberculous Mycobacterium species in smears of Lowenstein-Jensen and Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube cultures using peptide nucleic acid probes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1032-1035

  Hongmanee, P ^a   Stender, H ^a   Rasmussen, O F ^a  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR;

CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

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

EID: 0035090583     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1032-1035.2001     Document Type: Article

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