The accuracy and reliability of nucleic acid amplification tesst in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 233-236

  Pai, Madhukar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; META ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 11344286116     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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