Multicenter evaluation of the Abbott LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis ligase chain reaction assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3102-3107

  Lumb, Richard ^a   Davies, Kirsten ^b   Dawson, David ^c   Gibb, Robert ^c   Gottlieb, Thomas ^b   Kershaw, Clair ^d   Kociuba, Katherine ^d   Nimmo, Graeme ^c   Sangster, Norma ^a   Worthington, Michele ^d   Bastian, Ivan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032834475     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3102-3107.1999     Document Type: Article

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