Clinical profiling and use of loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Poudel, Ajay ^a,f   Pandey, B D ^b   Lekhak, B ^c   Rijal, B ^c   Sapkota, B R ^d   Suzuki, Y ^e  

^a KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^b Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Clinical profiling; DNA; LAMP; M. Tuberculosis; Nepal; Sputum

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION ASSAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEPAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649588693     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v7i2.2701     Document Type: Article

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