Amplified in situ hybridization with peptide nucleic acid probes for differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and nontuberculous Mycobacterium species on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded archival biopsy and autopsy samples

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 770-775

  Zerbi, Pietro ^a   Schønau, Andreas ^a   Bonetto, Sara ^a   Gori, Andrea ^a   Costanzi, Giulio ^a   Duca, Piergiorgio ^a   Vago, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; ISH; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Peptide nucleic acid probe; PNA probe; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE SECTION;

AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; FORMALDEHYDE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 18344382713     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/K7XC-0VXF-KE10-0UFH     Document Type: Article

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