Nested polymerase chain reaction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA detection in aqueous and vitreous of patients with uveitis

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-119

  Ortega Larrocea, Gabriela ^a   Bobadilla Del Valle, Miriam ^b   Ponce De León, Alfredo ^b   Sifuentes Osornio, José ^b  

^a Clin Enferm Oculares Inflamatorios   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ocular tuberculosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMATURIA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; UVEITIS; VASCULITIS; VITREOUS BODY; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0037360114     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(02)00467-8     Document Type: Article

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