Routine use of gen-probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct (MTD) Test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with smear-positive and smear-negative specimens

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 886-891

  Coll, Pere ^a,b   Garrigo M ^a   Moreno, C ^a   Marti, N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nucleic acid amplification; Respiratory and non respiratory specimens

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AMPLIFIED MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DIRECT TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0141746071     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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