Mycobacterium tuberculosis typing: Usefulness of DRE-PCR to confirm cross-contamination in the mycobacteriology laboratory of a general reference hospital for AIDS

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 150-154

  Filho, L A ^a   Kritski, A L ^a   Salles, C L G ^a   Sardella, I G ^a   Silva, M G ^a   Fonseca, L S ^a   Saad, Maria Helena Féres ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cross contamination; DRE PCR typing; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDIASIS; CELL CULTURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE REPETITIVE ELEMENT POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SMEAR; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAINING; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036206136     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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