Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-184

  Hesseling, Anneke C ^a   Graham, Stephen M ^b   Cuevas, Luis E ^c  

^a Desmond Tutu TB Center   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c World Health Organisation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUTOMATION; DRUG EFFECT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHILD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

RIFAMPICIN; ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AUTOMATION; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ISONIAZID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 78651376743     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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