Development and evaluation of a molecular assay for detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria by use of the cobas amplicor platform

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4023-4028

  Peter Getzlaff, S ^a   Luthy J ^d   Boddinghaus B ^b   Bottger E C ^d   Springer, B ^c  

^a Institut fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitsamt der Stadt Frankfurt   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMEAR;

HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MICROSPHERES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 57349152177     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01101-08     Document Type: Article

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