The diagnostic utility of Bact/ALERT and nested PCR in the diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-78

  Sastry, Apurba Sankar ^a   Sandhya Bhat, K ^a   Kumudavathi, ^a  

^a Meenakshi Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

BacT ALERT; Nested PCR; Sensitivity; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AURAMINE PHENOL STAINING; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWENSTEIN JENSEN CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

EID: 84872140421     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/5098.2674     Document Type: Article

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