Clinical evaluation of the Gen-Probe amplified direct test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms in cerebrospinal fluid

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2191-2194

  Lang, Anne M ^a   Feris Iglesias, Jesus ^b   Pena, Chabela ^b   Sanchez, Jacqueline F ^b   Stockman, Leslie ^a   Rys, Paul ^a   Roberts, Glenn D ^a   Henry, Nancy K ^a   Persing, David H ^a   Cockerill III, Franklin R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b School of Medicine   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0031901797     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2191-2194.1998     Document Type: Article

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