APPLICATION OF A PCR BASED DNA-PROBE FOR THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE ISOLATED FROM A CASE OF CERVICAL ADENITIS

Authors
GLENNON M SHEEHAN S MCKIERNAN J SMITH T GANNON F CRYAN B
Citation
M. Glennon et al., APPLICATION OF A PCR BASED DNA-PROBE FOR THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE ISOLATED FROM A CASE OF CERVICAL ADENITIS, The Journal of infection, 33(3), 1996, pp. 231-233
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01634453
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
231 - 233
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-4453(1996)33:3<231:AOAPBD>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We report infection in a 4-year old girl with cervical adenitis caused by Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis and the subsequent, rapid ide ntification of this isolate as Mycobacterium malmoense, using a combin ed PCR and DNA probe assay.