Accuracy and utility of commercially available amplification and serologic tests for the diagnosis of minimal pulmonary tuberculosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 1323-1329

  Al Zahrani, K ^a   Al Jahdali, H ^a   Poirier, L ^a   Rene, P ^a   Gennaro, M L ^a   Menzies, D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0033769725     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.4.9912115     Document Type: Article

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