The application of molecular techniques to the diagnosis and epidemiology of mycobacterial diseases

Journal of Applied Microbiology Symposium Supplement

Volumn 81, Issue , 1996, Pages

  Butcher, P D ^a   Hutchinson, N A ^a   Doran, T J ^a   Dale, J W ^a  

^a St Ïenrge's Hospital Medtctil School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; DNA PROBE; DRUG MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DNA PROBES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33746408222     PISSN: 02674440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb04599.x     Document Type: Article

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