Diagnostic usefulness of bone marrow aspiration material for the amplification of IS6110 insertion element in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: Comparison of two PCR techniques

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-460

  Ritis, K ^a   Giaglis, S ^a   Rafail, S ^a   Alepopoulou, E ^a   Tsironidou, V ^a   Tzoanopoulos, D ^a   Speletas, M ^b   Ktenidou Kartali, S ^a   Sideras, P ^c   Kartalis, G ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Found Biomed Res Acad Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Extra pulmonary tuberculosis; LightCycler; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IS6110 GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 20244363806     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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