Sensitivity of PCR targeting the IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in an assay using punch biopsy specimens for diagnosis of buruli ulcer

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3650-3656

  Phillips, R ^a,b   Horsfield, C ^d   Kuijper, S ^c   Lartey, A ^a   Tetteh, I ^a   Etuaful, S ^e   Nyamekye, B ^f   Awuah, P ^f   Nyarko, K M ^g   Osei Sarpong, F ^g   Lucas, S ^d   Kolk, A H J ^c   Wansbrough Jones, M ^b  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e St Martin's Catholic Hospital   (Ghana)

^f Nkawie Government Hospital   (Ghana)

^g Tepa Government Hospital   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; THYMIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURULI ULCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GHANA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN ULCER;

BACILLI; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 23744492607     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.3650-3656.2005     Document Type: Article

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