Comparison of Conventional Bacteriology with Nucleic Acid Amplification (Amplified Mycobacterium Direct Test) for Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis before and after Inception of Antituberculosis Chemotherapy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 996-1002

  Thwaites, Guy E ^a,c   Caws, Maxine ^a,c   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^b   Dung, Nguyen Thi ^b   Campbell, James I ^a,c   Phu, Nguyen Hoan ^b   Hien, Tran Tinh ^b   White, Nicholas J ^a,c   Farrar, Jeremy J ^a,c  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED MYCOBACTERIUM DIRECT TEST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE PROBE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

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

EID: 1542618437     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.996-1002.2004     Document Type: Article

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