Low cost in-house PCR for the routine diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-280

  Magana Arachchi, D N ^a,c   Perera, J ^a   Gamage, S ^a   Chandrasekharan, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; DNA extraction; Extra pulmonary tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DNA; PHENOL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GUANIDINES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SRI LANKA; THIOCYANATES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 40549095697     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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