Evaluation of an amplified mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test in clinical specimens

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 538-541

  Gurkan, Ozlem ^a   Acican, T ^a   Gulbay, B ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gen Probe AMTDT; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; SPUTUM;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036015680     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/09640569513066     Document Type: Article

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