Evaluation of an in-house-developed PCR for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in Indian children

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-373

  Kulkarni, S P ^a   Jaleel, M A ^b   Kadival, G V ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STAINING; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 16844366082     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45801-0     Document Type: Article

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