Evaluation of the semiautomated abbott LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1996-2002

  Ausina, Vicente ^a,b   Gamboa, Fredy ^a,b   Gazapo, Elena ^c   Manterola, José M ^a,b   Lonca, Joan ^a   Matas, Lurdes ^a,b   Manzano, Joan R ^a   Rodrigo, Carlos ^a   Cardona, Pere J ^a   Padilla, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030762553     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.1996-2002.1997     Document Type: Article

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