Comparison of the real-time PCR method and the gen-probe amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary and nonpulmonary specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4307-4309

  Lemaître, Nadine ^a   Armand, Sylvie ^a   Vachée, Anne ^b   Capilliez, Odile ^a   Dumoulin, Christine ^a   Courcol, René J ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE ROUBAIX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMPLIFIED MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DIRECT TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; LUNG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 4644342623     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4307-4309.2004     Document Type: Article

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