Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by nested polymerase chain reaction in a case of subconjunctival tuberculosis

Cornea

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-125

  Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a   Kumar, S Krishna ^a   Rupauliha, Pankaj ^a   Misra, Somen ^b   Bharadwaj, Ira ^b   Therese, Lily ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Rural Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Conjunctival tuberculosis; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Subconjunctival nodule

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYE INJURY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 0036132939     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200201000-00027     Document Type: Article

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