Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in synovial fluid, tissue samples, bone marrow aspirate and peripheral blood

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 396-399

  Verettas, Dionisios ^a   Kazakos, Costas ^a   Tilkeridis, Costas ^a   Dermon, Antonios ^a   Petrou, Harris ^a   Galanis, Vassilios ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 0242557422     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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