Does multiplex polymerase chain reaction increase the diagnostic percentage in osteoarticular tuberculosis? A prospective evaluation of 80 cases

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-259

  Sharma, Kusum ^a   Sharma, Aman ^a   Sharma, Shiv Kumar ^a   Sen, Ramesh Kumar ^a   Dhillon, Mandeep Singh ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IS6110 GENE; MICROSCOPY; MPB64 GENE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 84859158251     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1241-7     Document Type: Article

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