Clinical utility of polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of smear-negative pleural tuberculosis

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 146-147

  Chang, Feng Yee ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BACTERIAL DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 34249001370     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70347-8     Document Type: Editorial

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