Prospective evaluation of BDProbeTec strand displacement amplification (SDA) system for diagnosis of tuberculosis in non-respiratory and respiratory samples

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1215-1219

  McHugh, T D ^a   Pope, C F ^a   Ling, C L ^a   Patel, S ^a   Billington, O J ^a   Gosling, R D ^a   Lipman, M C ^b   Gillespie, S H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPURATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 11144247312     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45780-0     Document Type: Article

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