Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum by Patho-TB kit in comparison with direct microscopy and culture

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-235

  Ben Selma, Walid ^a   Ben Kahla, Imen ^a   Marzouk, Manel ^a   Ferjeni, Asma ^a   Ghezal, Samira ^a   Ben Said, Moncef ^a   Boukadida, Jalel ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mycobacterial antigens; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 71749110331     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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