Clinical Evaluation of an In-House IS 6110 Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

Use of uracil DNA glycosylase to control carry-over contamination in polymerase chain reactions

Mary C. Longo, Mark Berninger, James L. Hartley · Gene · 1990 · 970 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +13

Comparison of various repetitive DNA elements as genetic markers for strain differentiation and epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Characterization of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis insertion sequence, IS6110, and its application in diagnosis

Dominique Thierry, A Brisson-Noël, V. Vincent-Levy-Frebault et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1990 · 481 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

Sensitivity and specificity of PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a blind comparison study among seven laboratories

Gerda T. Noordhoek, A H Kolk, Gunnar Bjune et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1994 · 429 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

Insertion element IS986 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a useful tool for diagnosis and epidemiology of tuberculosis

Peter W. M. Hermans, Dick van Soolingen, Jeremy W. Dale et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1990 · 411 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +15