Comparative evaluation of FASTPIaque assay with PCR and other conventional in vitro diagnostic methods for the early detection of pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Singh, Sarman ^a   Saluja, Taran Prit ^a   Kaur, Manjot ^a   Khilnani, G C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; FASTPlaque; MGIT 960; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 53549088346     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20264     Document Type: Article

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