The role of clinical suspicion in evaluating a new diagnostic test for active tuberculosis: Results of a multicenter prospective trial

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 639-645

  Catanzaro, Antonino ^g   Perry, Sharon ^h   Clarridge, Jill E ^a   Dunbar, Sherry ^a,f   Goodnight White, Sheila ^a   Lobue, Philip A ^h   Peter, Christopher ^h   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^b   Sierra, Marcelino F ^h   Weber, Rainer ^c   Woods, Gail ^h   Mathews, Greg ^d   Jonas, Vivian ^d   Smith, Katie ^d   Della Latta, Phyllis ^e  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Gen Probe Incorporated   (United States)

^e New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^f LUMINEX CORPORATION   (United States)

^g UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPUTUM SMEAR; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144455502     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.5.639     Document Type: Article

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