Evaluation of roche amplicor PCR assay for mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 134-139

  Wobeser, Wendy L ^a,b   Krajden, Mel ^a,b   Conly, John ^a,b   Simpson, Helen ^b   Bianche, Yim ^d   D'Costa, Mario ^a,d   Fuksa, Milan ^d   Hian Cheong, Clency ^d   Patterson, Max ^a,d   Phillips, Anne ^a,b   Bannatyne, Robert ^a,c   Haddad, Albert ^e   Brunton, James L ^a,b   Krajden, Sigmund ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029656309     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.134-139.1996     Document Type: Article

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