Comparison of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) direct test, Amplicor MTB PCR, and IS6110-PCR for detection of MTB in respiratory specimens

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1099-1108

  Dalovisio, Joseph R ^a   Montenegro James, Sonia ^b   Kemmerly, Sandra A ^b   Genre, Charles F ^b   Chambers, Richard ^b   Greer, Donald ^b   Pankey, George A ^b   Failla, Diane M ^b   Haydel, Karen G ^b   Hutchinson, Lydia ^b   Lindley, Martha F ^b   Nunez, Barbara M ^b   Praba, Anita ^b   Eisenach, Kathleen D ^b   Shannon Cooper, E ^b  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 19244364157     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1099     Document Type: Article

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