Comparison of the BDProbeTec ET system with the Cobas Amplicor PCR for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory samples

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 368-371

  Iinuma, Y ^a   Senda, K ^a   Fujihara, N ^a   Saito, T ^b   Takakura, S ^a   Shimojima, M ^c   Kudo, T ^a   Ichiyama, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c BML   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

EID: 0037964641     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0913-7     Document Type: Article

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