Combining PCR with microscopy to reduce costs of laboratory diagnosis of buruli ulcer

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 900-904

  Yeboah Manu, Dorothy ^a,b,c   Asante Poku, Adwoa ^a,b,c   Asan Ampah, Kobina ^a,b,c   Ampadu, Emelia Danso Edwin ^a,b,c   Pluschke, Gerd ^a,b,c  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STAINING; SUSPENSION; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BURULI ULCER; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCIN;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

EID: 81155131385     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0362     Document Type: Article

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