Quantification of airborne Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health care setting using real-time qPCR coupled to an air-sampling filter method

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-376

  Chen, Pei Shih ^a   Li, Chih Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; PATIENT MONITORING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AIRBORNE MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITATIVE ASSAYS; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (REAL-TIME QPCR); TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS;

DISEASES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; FILTER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 18444372664     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027868290945767     Document Type: Article

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