Evaluation of the performances of AdvanSure TB/NTM real time PCR kit for detection of mycobacteria in respiratory specimens

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-38

  Kim, Young Jin ^a   Park, Mi Young ^a   Kim, Shine Young ^a   Cho, Son A ^a   Hwang, Sang Hyun ^a   Kim, Hyung Hoi ^a   Lee, Eun Yup ^a   Jeong, Joseph ^b   Kim, Kyeong Hee ^c   Chan, Chulhun L ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Real time pcr, respiratory specimens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 58149123735     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2008.28.1.34     Document Type: Article

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