Evaluation of clinico-radiological, bacteriological, serological, molecular and histological diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-177

  Jain, Anil K ^a   Jena, Santosh Kumar ^a   Singh, M P ^a   Dhammi, I K ^a   Ramachadran, V G ^a   Dev, Geeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AFB culture sensitivity; AFB staining; ELISA for tuberculosis; Osteoarticular tuberculosis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549127801     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.40253     Document Type: Article

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