Cost-effectiveness analysis of the Gen-Probe amplified mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test as used routinely on smear-positive respiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 948-953

  Dowdy, David W ^a   Maters, Amelia ^b   Parrish, Nicole ^b,c   Beyrer, Christopher ^a   Dorman, Susan E ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 0344406260     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.948-953.2003     Document Type: Article

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