Comparative evaluation of initial and new versions of the Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory and nonrespiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 684-689

  Gamboa, Fredy ^a,b   Fernandez, Gregorio ^a   Padilla, Eduardo ^a   Manterola, José M ^a,c   Lonca, Joan ^a   Cardona, Pere Joan ^a   Matas, Lurdes ^a,c   Ausina, Vicente ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

EID: 0031939908     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.684-689.1998     Document Type: Article

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