PCR method is essential for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in oral cavity samples

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-159

  Eguchi, J ^a   Ishihara, K ^a   Watanabe, A ^a   Fukumoto, Y ^a   Okuda, K ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nested PCR; Oral cavity; Universal precautions

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTURE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MOUTH CAVITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AEROSOLS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL STAFF; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; SALIVA; TUBERCULOSIS, ORAL;

EID: 0037565300     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2003.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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