Utility of the polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 967-970

  Desai, Dhyanesh ^a   Nataraj, Gita ^a   Kulkarni, Savita ^b   Bichile, Lata ^a   Mehta, Preeti ^a   Baveja, Sujata ^a   Rajan, Ramakrishna ^b   Raut, Abhijit ^a   Shenoy, Asha ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

CT scan; Diagnosis; DNA extraction; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 37849189912     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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