Comparative Clinical Study of Different Multiplex Real Time PCR Strategies for the Simultaneous Differential Diagnosis between Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis and Focal Complications of Brucellosis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Sanjuan Jimenez, Rocio ^a   Morata, Pilar ^a   Bermúdez, Pilar ^b   Bravo, M José ^a   Colmenero, Juan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892729558     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002593     Document Type: Article

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