Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in sputum specimens by the automated Roche Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 975-978

  Rajalahti, Iiris ^a   Vuorinen, Pauli ^a   Nieminen, Markku M ^a   Miettinen, Ari ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAINING;

EID: 0031920447     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.975-978.1998     Document Type: Article

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