Comparative study of PCR, smear examination and culture for diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Negi, Sanjay Singh ^a   Basir, Seemi Farhat ^b   Gupta, Sunil ^a   Pasha, S T ^a   Khare, Shashi ^a   Lal, Shiv ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TIME;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 33646229079     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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