Short report: A one-step DNA PCR-based method for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex grown on lowenstein-jensen media

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-317

  Elbir, Haitham ^a,b   Abdel Muhsin, Abdel Muhsin ^a   Babiker, Ahmed ^a  

^a TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^b NONE   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE INSERTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41249085160     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.316     Document Type: Article

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