In situ PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in endoscopic mucosal biopsy specimens of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn disease

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 846-851

  Pulimood, Anna B ^a   Peter, Shajan ^a   Rook, Graham W A ^b   Donoghue, Helen D ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crohn disease; Gastrointestinal; In situ polymerase chain reaction; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; BIOPSY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOPSY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRANULOMA; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 45949094283     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/DKKECWQWMG4J23E3     Document Type: Article

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