Comparison of single-copy and multicopy real-time PCR targets for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in paraffin-embedded tissue

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2569-2570

  Luo, Robert F ^a   Scahill, Michael D ^b   Banaei, Niaz ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPSY; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BONE AND BONES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 77954432401     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02449-09     Document Type: Article

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