Comparative evaluation of two commercial amplification assays for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 193-196

  Piersimoni, Claudio ^a   Callegaro, Annapaola ^b   Nista, Domenico ^a   Bornigia, Stefano ^a   De Conti, Fabio ^b   Santini, Gianfranco ^b   De Sio, Giuseppina ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b Pordenone General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031060072     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.193-196.1997     Document Type: Article

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