An update on the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 728-734

  Butt, Tariq ^a   Ahmad, Rifat Nadeem ^a   Kazmi, Syed Yousaf ^a   Afzal, Raja Kamran ^a   Mahmood, Abid ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Laboratory diagnosis; Molecular diagnostic techniques; Mycobacteriophage assay; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); Serologic tests; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0842302399     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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