Evaluation of peptide nucleic acid probe-based real-time PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and nontuberculous mycobacteria in respiratory specimens

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 257-263

  Choi, Young Jin ^a   Kim, Hwi Jun ^a   Shin, Hee Bong ^a   Nam, Hae Seon ^b   Lee, Sang Han ^b   Park, Joon Soo ^b   Park, Kwi Sung ^c   Baek, Kyoung Ah ^c  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chungcheongnam Do Institute of Health and Environment Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR; Peptide nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865973462     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.4.257     Document Type: Article

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