Molecular detection, identification and drug resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-111

  Palomino, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Molecular tests; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Rapid methods

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS PATIENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA MICROARRAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67650742322     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00555.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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