Usefulness of PCR test for M. tuberculosis for the differentiation of pulmonary tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in patients with smear-positive sputum

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 528-534

  Yu, Chang Min ^a   Koh, Won Jung ^a   Ryu, Yon Ju ^a   Jeon, Kyeongman ^a   Choi, Jae Chol ^a   Kang, Eun Hae ^a   Suh, Gee Young ^a   Chung, Man Pyo ^a   Kim, Hojoong ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Lee, Jang Ho ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Lee, Nam Yong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Korea; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMEAR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 20144372076     PISSN: 03780066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2004.57.6.528     Document Type: Article

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