Comparison of the sodium hydroxide specimen processing method with the C18-carboxypropylbetaine specimen processing method using independent specimens with auramine smear, the MB/BacT liquid culture system, and the COBAS AMPLICOR MTB test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6091-6097

  Padilla, Eduardo ^a   Manterola, José M ^a   González, Victoria ^a   Thornton, Charles G ^b   Quesada, M Dolores ^a   Sánchez, M Dolores ^a   Pérez, Miguel ^a   Ausina, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b Integrated Research Technology LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AURAMINE; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; C 18 CARBOXYPROPYLBETAINE; CARBOXYPROPYLBETAINE; PROPANE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BENZOPHENONEIDUM; BETAINE; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 30744454292     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6091-6097.2005     Document Type: Article

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