Comparison of PCR with the Routine Procedure for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a Population with High Prevalences of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1012-1015

  Kivihya Ndugga, Lydia ^a   Van Cleeff, Maarten ^d   Juma, Ernest ^a   Kimwomi, Joseph ^a   Githui, Willie ^a   Oskam, Linda ^d   Schuitema, Anja ^d   Van Soolingen, Dick ^e   Nganga, Lucy ^a,b   Kibuga, Daniel ^c   Odhiambo, Joseph ^a,b   Klatser, Paul ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 12144288886     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1012-1015.2004     Document Type: Article

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