Evaluation of the polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis in bone marrow smear

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 580-586

  Escobedo Jaimes, L ^a   Cicero Sabido, Raul ^a   Criales Cortez, J L ^b   Ramirez, E ^a   Romero, M ^a   Rivero, V ^c   Islas, F ^b   Olivera, H ^c   Gonzalez, S ^c   Escobar Gutierrez, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CT Scanner Diagnostic Imaging Center   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bone marrow aspirates; Miliary tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MARROW; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 0038172356     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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