AMPLICOR(TM) MTB polymerase chain reaction test for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in positive Difco ESP II broth cultures

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Hernandez, Antonio ^a   Bergmann, John S ^a   Woods, Gail L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030611210     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00218-0     Document Type: Article

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