Comparison of a multiplex-PCR assay with mycolic acids analysis and conventional methods for the identification of Mycobacteria

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 307-312

  Tanaka, Ioshie Ibara ^a   Anno, Ivone Shizuko ^b   De Andrade Leite, Sergio Roberto ^b   Cooksey, Robert C ^c   Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE MARÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical procedures for identification; Multiplex PCR; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium chelonae; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycolic acids analysis

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038585025     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03401.x     Document Type: Article

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