Application of Spoligotyping to Noncultured Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria Requires an Optimized Approach [3]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5350-5351

  Parwati, Ida ^a   Van Crevel, Reinout ^b   Van Soolingen, Dick ^c   Van Der Zanden, Adri ^d  

^a PADJADJARAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACER SEQUENCE; SPOLIGOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0242677558     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5350-5351.2003     Document Type: Letter

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