Evaluation of the BDProbeTec™ ET DTB assay1 for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from clinical samples

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-155

  Maugein, Jeanne ^a   Fourche, J ^a   Vacher, S ^a   Grimond, C ^a   Bebear, C ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; EXUDATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036778305     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00427-3     Document Type: Article

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