Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in sarcoidosis samples using real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction

Chinese Journal of Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 735-737

  Xu, Mei Lin ^a   Zhong, Hao Hao ^b   Heng, Wan Jie ^b   Wu, Bing Quan ^b  

^a TIANJIN CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Polymerase chain reaction; Sarcoidosis, pulmonary; Tuberculosis, mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 33846807519     PISSN: 05295807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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