Molecular techniques in mycobacterial detection

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 122-126

  Woods, G L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SMEAR;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035138931     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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