PCR amplification of the IS6110 insertion element of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in fecal samples from patients with intestinal tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1884-1886

  Balamurugan, Ramadass ^a   Venkataraman, Subramanian ^a   John, K R ^a   Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33646556997     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1884-1886.2006     Document Type: Article

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