Interpreting the results of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for detection of M. tuberculosis rRNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2741-2743

  Middleton, Andrew M ^a   Cullinan, Paul ^b   Wilson, Robert ^a   Kerr, Jonathan R ^a   Chadwick, Maureen V ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038179443     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2741-2743.2003     Document Type: Article

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