Nested PCR for the rapid detection of TB from pleural fluid at HUKM Malaysia

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1728-1732

  Salleh, S A ^a   Hussin, S ^a   Rahman, Md Mostafizur ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acid fast stain; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nested PCR; Pleural fluid

Indexed keywords

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 54049104954     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.1728.1732     Document Type: Article

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