Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Greek patients with sarcoidosis by spoligotyping

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4858-4861

  Gazouli, M ^a   Ikonomopoulos, J ^b   Koundourakis, A ^a   Bartos, M ^c   Pavlik, I ^c   Overduin, P ^d   Kremer, K ^d   Gorgoulis, V ^a   Kittas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SPOLIGOTYPING; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GREECE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 24744470732     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4858-4861.2005     Document Type: Article

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