Specimen dilution improves sensitivity of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for smear microscopy-positive respiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 314-316

  Guerra, Renata L ^a   Baker, James F ^b   Alborz, Roya ^b   Armstrong, Derek T ^b   Kiehlbauch, Julia A ^b   Conde, Marcus B ^c   Dorman, Susan E ^a,d   Hooper, Nancy M ^b  

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

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DILUTION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

BODY FLUIDS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLLACHIUS;

EID: 38149137102     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01313-07     Document Type: Article

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