Comparative evaluation of the new Gen-Probe Mycobacterium tuberculosis amplified direct test and the semiautomated Abbott LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory and extrapulmonary specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3601-3604

  Piersimoni, Claudio ^a   Callegaro, Annapaola ^b   Scarparo, Claudio ^c   Penati, Valeria ^d   Nista, Domenico ^a   Bornigia, Stefano ^a   Lacchini, Carla ^d   Scagnelli, Mariuccia ^c   Santini, Gianfranco ^b   De Sio, Giuseppina ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b Pordenone General Hospital   (Italy)

^c SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d AO Ca' Granda Niguarda   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031756566     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3601-3604.1998     Document Type: Article

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