Evaluation of a PCR-amplified IS6110 insertion element in the rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in comparison to microscopic methods in Sudan

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1644-1647

  El Dawi, Tarig G ^a   Saeed, El Nageeb S ^a   Hamid, Mohamed E ^b  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; SUDAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; SUDAN; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 10644269445     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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