Specimen dilution increases the diagnostic utility of the gen-probe mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 142-147

  Pollock, Nira ^a   Westerling, Judith ^b   Sloutsky, Alex ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Massachusetts State Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Epidemiology; Isolation; MTD; Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test; Pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DIRECT TEST; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR;

EID: 33745786575     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/JBQHWC6H4YN6F67Q     Document Type: Article

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