PCR for M. tuberculosis in tissue samples

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-87

  Chawla, Kiran ^a   Gupta, Soham ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay ^a   Rao, P Sugandhi ^a   Bhat, Sudha S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Histopathology; PCR; Tissue samples; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 66249135329     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.53     Document Type: Article

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