Use of fine-needle aspiration for diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2263-2264

  Cassisa, Viviane ^a,b   Chauty, Annick ^c   Marion, Estelle ^a,b   Ardant, Marie Françoise ^c   Eyangoh, Sara ^d   Cottin, Jane ^a,b   Aubry, Jacques ^e   Koussemou, Hugues ^c   Lelièvre, Bénédicte ^a,b   Férec, Séverine ^b   Tekaia, Fredj ^f   Johnson, Christian ^g   Marsollier, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre de Depistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcere de Buruli   (Benin)

^d CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BURULI ULCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 77952894848     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00558-10     Document Type: Article

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