Use of specific rRNA oligonucleotide probes for microscopic detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture and tissue specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5369-5371

  St Amand, Allison L ^a   Frank, Daniel N ^a   De Groote, Mary Ann ^a,b   Basaraba, Randall J ^c   Orme, Ian M ^c   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA PROBE; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE FIXATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LUNG; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 26944437429     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5369-5371.2005     Document Type: Article

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