Conventional and molecular techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: A comparative study;Métodos convencionais e moleculares para o diagnóstico da tuberculose pulmonar: Um estudo comparativo

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1056-1062

  Lima, Stella Sala Soares ^a,d   Clemente, Wanessa Trindade ^a   Palaci, Moisés ^b   Rosa, Reinaldo Vieira ^c   Antunes, Carlos Maurício De Figueiredo ^a   Serufo, José Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c Setor de Microbiologia   (Brazil)

^d Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culture media; Polymerase chain reaction; Sputum microbiology; Tuberculosis, pulmonary diagnosis

Indexed keywords

4 NITRO ALPHA ACETYLAMINO BETA HYDROXYPROPIOPHENONE; 4-NITRO-ALPHA-ACETYLAMINO-BETA-HYDROXYPROPIOPHENONE; AURAMINE; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PAROXYPROPIONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BENZOPHENONEIDUM; COLORING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROPIOPHENONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349112577     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132008001200011     Document Type: Article

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