Evaluation of a nested PCR targeting IS6110 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for detection of the organism in the leukocyte fraction of blood samples

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-232

  Nandagopal, B ^a   Sankar, S ^a   Lingesan, K ^a   Appu, K C ^a   Sridharan, G ^a   Gopinathan, A K ^b  

^a Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Buffy coat; IS6110; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; nested PCR; rural

Indexed keywords

DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE; TRANSPOSON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA EXTRACTION; FEVER; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION; VENOUS BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TRANSPOSON; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955122791     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.66480     Document Type: Article

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