GeneXpert polymerase chain reaction for spinal tuberculosis

Bone and Joint Journal

Volumn 96B, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1366-1369

  Held, M ^a   Laubscher, M ^a   Zar, H J ^b   Dunn, R N ^c  

^a Red Cross Children's Hospital Cape Town   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIQUID CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; VERTEBRA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTH AFRICA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 84907546268     PISSN: 20494394     EISSN: 20494408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.96B10.34048     Document Type: Article

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