Evaluation of the enhanced amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1101-1103

  Smith, Michael B ^a   Bergmann, John S ^a   Onoroto, Michelle ^a   Mathews, Greg ^b   Woods, Gail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032726179     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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