Primary oral tuberculosis: A report of a case diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

Oral Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-48

  Riveral, H ^a   Correa, M F ^b   Castillo Castillo, S ^b   Nikitakis, Nikolas G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral; Polymerase chain reaction; Primary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; MOUTH INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, ORAL;

EID: 0037283827     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2003.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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