Development and evaluation of a multiplex PCR for rapid detection and differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex members from non-tuberculous mycobacteria

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 140-144

  Mokaddas, Eiman ^a   Ahmad, Suhail ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; DNA 23S; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; SPACER DNA;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE TARGETING; LIQUID CULTURE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GASTRI; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM IMMUNOGENUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34347353101     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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