Utility of PCR in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1407-1411

  Bennedsen, Jorgen ^a   Thomsen, Vibeke Ostergaard ^a   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^b   Funke, Guido ^b   Feldmann, Knut ^c   Beneke, Antje ^c   Jenkins, P Anthony ^d   Hegginbothom, M ^d   Fahr, A ^e   Hengstler, M ^e   Cleator, Graham ^f   Klapper, Paul ^f   Wilkins, Edmund G L ^g  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ASKLEPIOS FACHKLINIKEN MÜNCHEN GAUTING   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr Limbach K   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 9344251080     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1407-1411.1996     Document Type: Article

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