Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA detection in soluble fraction of urine from pulmonary tuberculosis patients.

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Published in Int J Tuberc Lung Dis on February 01, 2008

Authors

A Cannas1, D Goletti, E Girardi, T Chiacchio, L Calvo, G Cuzzi, M Piacentini, H Melkonyan, S R Umansky, F N Lauria, G Ippolito, L D Tomei

Author Affiliations

1: Spaxen Italia SRL, Rome, Italy. cnnas@immi.it

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