CA-125, adenosine deaminase, and PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis [5]

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 749-750

  Lopez Rodriguez, R ^a   Lado Lado, F L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CA 125 ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CA-125 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33746608473     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600820959     Document Type: Letter

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