Detection of Mycobacterium avium in blood samples of patients with AIDS by using PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2297-2299

  Sumnienski Rodrigues, Vivian de F ^a   Queiroz Mello, Fernanda C ^a   Osório Ribeiro, Marta ^a   Fonseca, Leila ^a   Kritski, Afrâinio Lineu ^a   Rossetti, Maria Lucia ^a   Zaha, Arnaldo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036263126     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2297-2299.2002     Document Type: Article

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