PCR and elisa methods (IgG and IgM): Their comparison with conventional techniques for diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-377

  Omrani, MirDavood ^a,c   Ansari, Mohammad Hassan Khadem ^b   Agaverdizadae, Davood ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

AFB method; Molecular method; Pulmonary diseases; Sputum

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67049155741     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.373.377     Document Type: Article

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