Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by PCR

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-36

  Mehta, Promod K ^a   Raj, Ankush ^a   Singh, Netrapal ^a   Khuller, Gopal K ^b  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; GeneXpert assay; Immuno PCR; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nucleic acid amplification test; PCR

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866168461     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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