Line probe assay for differentiation within Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Evaluation on clinical specimens and isolates including Mycobacterium pinnipedii

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 635-641

  Kjeldsen, Marianne Kirstine ^a,b   Bek, Dorte ^a,b   Rasmussen, Erik Michael ^b   Priemé, Anders ^a   Thomsen, Vibeke Østergaard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; LINE PROBE ASSAY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70849118537     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540903127425     Document Type: Article

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