Sensitivity of the Cobas Amplicor system for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory and extrapulmonary specimens

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 593-596

  Fegou, E ^a   Jelastopulu, E ^a   Sevdali, M ^a   Anastassiou, E D ^a   Dimitracopoulos, G ^a   Spiliopoulou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; Cobas Amplicor; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR; Respiratory specimens

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BODY FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

BACILLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 21244447413     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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