Recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in biopsies of erythema induratum-results in a series of patients using an improved polymerase chain reaction technique [23]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1394-1396

  Vieites, B ^a   Suarez Penaranda J M ^a   Perez Del Molino M L ^a   Vazquez Veiga H ^a   Pardo, F ^a   Del Rio, E ^a   Sanchez Aguilar D ^a   Forteza, J ^a  

^a University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PURIFICATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHEMA INDURATUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 21644489786     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06650.x     Document Type: Letter

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