PCR identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in a clinical sample from a patient with symptoms of tuberculous spondylodiscitis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Ribeiro, M A ^a   Barouni, A S ^b,c   Augusto, C J ^b   Augusto, M V S ^a   Lopes, M T P ^c   Salas, C E ^c  

^a FUNDAÇÃO HOSPITALAR DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Polymerase chain reaction; Spondylodiscitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 33846325157     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2007000100001     Document Type: Article

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