Comparative evaluation of nested PCR and conventional smear methods for the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples

Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Sankar, Sathish ^a   Balakrishnan, Babu ^a   Nandagopal, Balaji ^a   Thangaraju, Kannaki ^a   Natarajan, Subapriya ^a  

^a Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

diagnostic tests; mycobacterial infections; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; nested PCR; peri urban; rural; sputum smear; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM SMEAR; STAINING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77956259940     PISSN: 11771062     EISSN: 11792000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03256377     Document Type: Article

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