Clinical usefulness of the nested polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis;Utilidad clínica de la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa anidada para el diagnóstico de tuberculosis extrapulmonar

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-245

  García Elorriaga, Guadalupe ^a   Gracida Osorno, Carlos ^b   Carrillo Montes, Guadalupe ^a   González Bonilla, César ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Polymerase chain reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649092044     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342009000300015     Document Type: Article

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