Rapid differential diagnosis between extrapulmonary tuberculosis and focal complications of brucellosis using a multiplex real-time PCR assay

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Queipo Ortuño, María Isabel ^a,b   Colmenero, Juan D ^c   Bermudez, Pilar ^c   Bravo, María José ^c   Morata, Pilar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84887212438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004526     Document Type: Article

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