Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using molecular biology technology

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-93

  Garberi, Juan ^a   Labrador, Jorge ^a   Garberi, Federico ^a   Garberi, Juan Ezequiel ^a   Peneipil, Julian ^a   Garberi, Miguel ^a   Scigliano, Luis ^a   Troncoso, Alcides ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Low cost; Microbiological culture; Molecular biology technology; Molecular diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Real time PCR; Sputum; Sputum sample; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPUTUM;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79957580489     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60002-6     Document Type: Article

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