Evaluation of 85 A-C intergenic region PCR primers for detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in urine samples

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 717-718

  Caleffi, Katiany Rizzieri ^a,b,c   Hirata, Rosario Dominguez Crespo ^a,b,c   Hirata, Mario Hiroyuki ^a,b,c   Caleffi, Edilainy Rizzieri ^a,b,c   Peixoto, Paulo Roberto ^a,b,c   Sposito, Fernanda Luiza Espinosa ^a,b,c   Cardoso, Rosilene Fressatti ^a,b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Dermoclinica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; SPACER DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; URINALYSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; URINE;

BRAZIL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77954187869     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04218.x     Document Type: Letter

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