Evaluation of automated COBAS AMPLICOR PCR system for detection of several infectious agents and its impact on laboratory management

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2778-2783

  Jungkind, Donald ^a,b   DiRenzo, Sue ^a   Beavis, Kathleen G ^a   Silverman, Neil S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0029958282     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2778-2783.1996     Document Type: Article

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