Early diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by a new procedure combining broth culture and PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1452-1457

  Noussair, Latifa ^a   Bert, Frédéric ^a   Leflon Guibout, Véronique ^a   Gayet, Nadine ^a   Nicolas Chanoine, Marie Hélène ^a,b,c  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE BICHAT BEAUJON CRB3   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLI (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 66149084314     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00066-09     Document Type: Article

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