Comparison of in-house PCR with conventional techniques and Cobas Amplicor M. tuberculosis™ kit for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-544

  Kim, Myeong Hee ^a   Yang, Hee Young ^a   Suh, Jin Tae ^a   Lee, Hee Joo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cobas Amplicor M. tuberculosis kit; In house polymerase chain reaction assay; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52949091159     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.4.537     Document Type: Article

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