Clinical utility of a ligase chain reaction commercial kit for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis;Utilidad clínica de un equipo comercial de reacción en cadena de ligasa para el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis pulmonary extrapulmonar del adulto

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 187-196

  Morcillo, N S ^a   Chirico, M C ^a   Trovero, A C ^a   Vignoles, M ^a   Dolmann, A L ^a  

^a Lab R R P C TB P Buenas Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

LCx; Ligase chain raction; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Rapid diagnosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; BODY FLUIDS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URINE;

EID: 0035571481     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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