Comparison of enhanced Mycobacterium tuberculosis amplified direct test with COBAS AMPLICOR Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory and extrapulmonary specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1559-1562

  Scarparo, Claudio ^a   Piccoli, Paola ^a   Rigon, Alessandra ^a   Ruggiero, Giuliana ^a   Scagnelli, Mariuccia ^a   Piersimoni, Claudio ^b  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTRIMAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 0033997034     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1559-1562.2000     Document Type: Article

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