Evaluation of the COBAS AMPLICOR MTB test for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-335

  Abu Amero, K K ^a   Halablab, M A ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLORING AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 26044466165     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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