The fundamental evaluation of COBAS®TaqMan48 using clinical specimens

Kekkaku

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Higurashi, Yoshimi ^a   Satoh, Takaaki ^a   Hirai, Tetsuzou ^a   Moriya, Kyoji ^a   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

COBAS TaqMan48; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65649086105     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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