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Detection of untreated mycobacteria by using polymerase chain reaction and specific DNA probes
J W Fries1, R J Patel, W F Piessens
1Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
A method for specific identification of mycobacteria by using the polymerase chain reaction on organisms taken from liquid cultures, frozen suspensions, or colonies grown on Lowenstein-Jensen slants is presented. This direct detection of mycobacterial organisms has important implications for strain typing and diagnosis.