Method for efficient storage and transportation of sputum specimens for molecular testing of tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 906-910

  Guio, H ^a   Okayama, H ^b   Ashino, Y ^a   Saitoh, H ^a   Xiao, P ^a   Miki, M ^b   Yoshihara, N ^c   Nakanowatari, S ^b   Hattori, Toshio ^a,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sendai Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FTA card; PCR; Sputum; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STORAGE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33746903542     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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