Performance of a rapid phage-based test, FASTPlaqueTB™, to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis from sputum specimens in South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 529-537

  Albert, Heidi ^a   Heydenrych, A ^a   Brookes, R ^a   Mole, R J ^a   Harley, B ^a   Subotsky, E ^a   Henry, R ^a   Azevedo, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Mycobacteriophage; South Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SPUTUM; TIME;

ADULT; BACTERIOPHAGES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036015679     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/09640569513057     Document Type: Article

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