Routine use of the Gen-Probe MTD2 amplification test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens in a large public health mycobacteriology laboratory

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-191

  Chedore, Pamela ^a   Jamieson, Frances B ^a  

^a Lab Serv Br Ontario Min Hlth   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BODY FLUIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032761371     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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