Performance of an automated Q-beta replicase amplification assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1484-1491

  Smith, J H ^a,b   Radcliffe, G ^a,c   Rigby, S ^a,d   Mahan, D ^a,e   Lane, D J ^a   Klinger, J D ^a,f  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b GENOME THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Exact Sciences Corporation   (United States)

^d Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^e Cardiovascular Diagnostics   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 23S;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030989285     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.6.1484-1491.1997     Document Type: Article

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