Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples from patients in Norway by ligase chain reaction

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3248-3253

  Lindbråthen, Arne ^a   Gaustad, Peter ^a   Hovig, Berit ^a   Tønjum, Tone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DNA; LIGASE; NUCLEIC ACID;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 1842291028     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3248-3253.1997     Document Type: Article

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