Efficient diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in cerebrospinal fluid filtrates using PCR

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 616-624

  Haldar, Sagarika ^a   Sharma, Neera ^b   Gupta, V K ^b   Tyagi, Jaya Sivaswami ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 67650473256     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006015-0     Document Type: Article

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