Improved performance of gen-probe amplified mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test when 500 instead of 50 microliters of decontaminated sediment is used

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 222-223

  Bodmer, T ^a   Mockl E ^a   Muhlemann K ^a   Matter, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRACHEA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029655732     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.222-223.1996     Document Type: Article

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