A multiplex PCR method for detection of Aspergillus spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in BAL specimens

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e59-e64

  Amini, F ^a   Kachuei, R ^b   Noorbakhsh, F ^a   Imani Fooladi, A A ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; BAL; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943198111     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: 17730449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2015.02.041     Document Type: Article

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