The evaluation of FASTPlaqueTB™ test for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-215

  Albay, Ali ^a   Kisa, Ozgul ^a   Baylan, Orhan ^a   Doganci, Levent ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037628311     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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