Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory samples from patients in Scandinavia by polymerase chain reaction

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-131

  Tønjum, Tone ^a,b   Klintz, Lisbeth ^c   Bergan, Tom ^a   Baann, Jørann ^a   Furuberg, Geir ^a   Cristea, Maria ^d   Petrini, Bjørn ^d   Hoffner, Sven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16s rDNA; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Rapid diagnostics; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544451161     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00218.x     Document Type: Article

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