Evaluation of the BDProbeTec et system as screening tool in the direct detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 573-578

  De La Calle, Iría Jesús ^a   De La Calle, María Antonia Jesús ^a   Rodríguez Iglesias, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE PUERTO REAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium; SDA; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DYE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SMEAR; SPUTUM; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0347356274     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00163-9     Document Type: Article

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