Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for the direct detection of human pulmonary infections with environmental (nontuberculosis) mycobacteria

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-214

  Adhikari, Bal Ram ^a   Pandey, Basu Dev ^b   Ghimire, Prakash ^a   Shrestha, Bhawana ^c   Khadka, Manoj ^a   Yoda, Tomoko ^d   Suzuki, Yasuhiko ^e  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

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

^c German Nepal Tuberculosis Project   (Nepal)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEPAL; SPUTUM;

PRIMER DNA;

DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NEPAL; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

EID: 69249229741     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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