A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  de Souza, Dziedzom K ^a   Quaye, Charles ^a   Mosi, Lydia ^a,b   Addo, Phyllis ^a   Boakye, Daniel A ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Diagnosis; Loop mediated isothermal amplification; Mycobacterium ulcerans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURULI ULCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LIFLANDII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PSEUDOSHOTSII; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLASMID; TIME;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BURULI ULCER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMIDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855880729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-8     Document Type: Article

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