Evaluation of the usefulness of phage amplification technology in the diagnosis of patients with paucibacillary tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Biswas, D ^a   Deb, A ^a   Gupta, P ^a   Prasad, R ^a   Negi, K ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Paucibacillary tuberculosis; Phage amplification assay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAST PLAQUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PAUCIBACILLARY TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 38849115779     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.38865     Document Type: Article

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