Evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction amplification method for mycobacterium tuberculosis complex on samples from different sources

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 329-331

  Cataloluk, Osman ^a   Karsligil, Tekin ^a   Bayazit, Nurhayat ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TURKEY;

EID: 0037778825     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310005404     Document Type: Article

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