Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by real-time PCR using pan-mycobacterial primers and a pair of fluorescence resonance energy transfer probes specific for the M. tuberculosis complex

Clin Chem. 2003 Oct;49(10):1659-61. doi: 10.1373/49.10.1659.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial