Simplified detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum using smear microscopy and PCR with molecular beacons

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1356-1362

  Haldar, Sagarika ^a   Chakravorty, Soumitesh ^a,c   Bhalla, Manpreet ^b   De Majumdar, Shyamasree ^a   Tyagi, Jaya Sivaswami ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Lala Ram Sarup Inst TB All Dis   (India)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BEACON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 36148950150     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47265-0     Document Type: Article

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