Impact of a chemistry-based DNA extraction method on performance of a commercial amplification assay for detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 282-283

  Piersimoni, Claudio ^a   Gherardi, Giancarlo ^a   Nista, Domenico ^a   Bornigia, Stefano ^a  

^a United Hospitals   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; GASTRIC SUCTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TUBERCULOSIS; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 58849159267     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00703-08     Document Type: Letter

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