Clinical utility of polymerase chain reaction for the differentiation of nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients with acid-fast bacilli smear-positive specimens

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 452-458

  Lee, Jae Seung ^a   Ji, Hyun Shuk ^a   Hong, Sang Bum ^a   Oh, Yeon Mok ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^a   Lee, Sang Do ^a   Koh, Younsuck ^a   Kim, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Dong Soon ^a   Kim, Won Dong ^a   Shim, Tae Sun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AFB smear positive; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR;

EID: 23444445200     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2005.58.5.452     Document Type: Article

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