Evaluation of a PCR-amplified is6110 insertion element in the rapid diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis case at tertiary care hospitals

A. K. Maurya, V. L. Nag, S. Kant, R. A. S. Kushwaha (Lucknow, India)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Diagnostic advances in tuberculosis
Session: Diagnostic advances in tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2520
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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