Clinical application of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test: Case report, literature review, and proposed clinical algorithm

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Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 317-323

  Gladwin, Mark T ^a,b   Plorde, James J ^a   Martin, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid fast; AMPLICOR; Gen Probe; Mycobacterium avium complex; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test; Nontuberculous mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; LAMIVUDINE; PRIMAQUINE; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFABUTIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031847672     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.1.317     Document Type: Article

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