Real-time PCR with internal amplification control for detecting tuberculosis: Method design and validation

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Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 592-597

  Flores, E ^a   RodrIguez J C ^a   Garcia PachOn E ^b   Soto, J L ^b   Ruiz, M ^a   Escribano, I ^a   Royo, G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Internal control; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AMPLIFICATION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 68349116305     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02508.x     Document Type: Article

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