Diagnostic performance of amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test with cerebrospinal fluid, other nonrespiratory, and respiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 834-841

  Pfyffer, Gaby E ^a   Kissling, Pascale ^a   Jahn, Esther M I ^a   Welscher, Hans Martin ^a   Salfinger, Max ^b   Weber, Rainer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030011931     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.834-841.1996     Document Type: Article

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