Clinical evaluation of a 16S ribosomal RNA polymerase chain reaction test for the diagnosis of lymph node tuberculosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 855-859

  Osores, Fernando ^a   Nolasco, Oscar ^a,d   Verdonck, Kristien ^a,e   Arévalo, Jorge ^a,b   Ferrufino, Juan Carlos ^c   Agapito, Juan ^c   Huayanay, Leandro ^c   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a,c   Maguina, Giro ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d Biolinks SA   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; BIVALVE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BIVALVIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 33748636450     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507536     Document Type: Article

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