Time to identify and define non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a tuberculosis-endemic region

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1001-1008

  Shenai, S ^a   Rodrigues, Camilla ^a   Mehta, A ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

India; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; NTM; Species identification

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA;

EID: 77954742073     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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