The use of polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis of tuberculosis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 543-548

  Chagas, M ^a   da Silva, R M ^b   Bazzo, M L ^a   dos Santos, J I ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mycobacteria; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953927809     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2010007500031     Document Type: Article

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