The combination of real-time PCR and HPLC for the identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 349-352

  Park, Jae Sun ^a   Choi, Jung In ^a   Lim, Ji Hun ^b   Ahn, Jong Joon ^a   Jegal, Yangjin ^a   Seo, Kwang Won ^a   Ra, Seung Won ^a   Jeon, Jae Bum ^a   Lee, Seon Ho ^a   Kim, Sung Ryul ^a   Jeong, Joseph ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HPLC; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME PCR; SPUTUM; VERY ELDERLY;

HPLC; NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; REAL-TIME PCR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM;

EID: 84883776115     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.5.349     Document Type: Article

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