Evaluation of the BDProbeTec strand displacement amplification assay in comparison with the AMTD II direct test for rapid diagnosis of tubercolosis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 332-334

  Visca, P ^a   De Mori, P ^a   Festa, A ^a   Montrone, M L ^a   Amicosante, M ^a   Pucillo, L P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Diagnosis; IS6110; Mycobacterium; Strand displacement amplification; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1942472660     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1198-743X.2004.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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