Evaluation of the GenoType Mycobacteria Direct assay for the simultaneous detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and four atypical mycobacterial species in smear-positive respiratory specimens

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-611

  Seagar, A Louise ^a   Prendergast, Carmel ^b   Emmanuel, F Xavier ^a   Rayner, Alan ^a   Thomson, Susan ^c   Laurenson, Ian F ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAST House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SMEAR;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 43049116555     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47484-0     Document Type: Article

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