Use of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test in a public health laboratory: Test performance and impact on clinical care

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 946-951

  Guerra, Renata L ^a   Hooper, Nancy M ^b   Baker, James F ^b   Alborz, Roya ^b   Armstrong, Derek T ^b   Maltas, Gina ^a   Kiehlbauch, Julia A ^b   Dorman, Susan E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified; Diagnosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test; Respiratory specimens; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 35448933192     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2959     Document Type: Article

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