Reliability of nucleic acid amplification for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An international collaborative quality control study among 30 laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2522-2525

  Noordhoek, Gerda T ^a,d   Van Embden, Jan D A ^b   Kolk, Arend H J ^c  

^a Res Lab for Infectious Diseases   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Public Health Service of Northern Friesland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029835363     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2522-2525.1996     Document Type: Article

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