Comparison of real-time polymerase chain reaction using the Smart Cycler and the Gen-Probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for detection of M. tuberculosis complex in clinical specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-222

  Pounder, June I ^a   Aldous, Wade K ^a   Woods, Gail L ^a,b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MTD; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; PCR assay

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644623187     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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