Diagnostic luciferase reporter phage assay for active and non-replicating persistors to detect tubercle bacilli from sputum samples

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 492-496

  Dusthackeer, V N A ^a   Balaji, S ^a   Gomathi, N S ^a   Selvakumar, N ^a   Kumar, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnostic luciferase reporter phage assay for non replicating persistors; Dormancy; Luciferase; Mycobacteriophage; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC LUCIFERASE REPORTER PHAGE ASSAY FOR NON REPLICATING PERSISTOR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULATION; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS;

BACILLI (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84859909774     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03592.x     Document Type: Article

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