Clinical evaluation of TRCRapid M.TB for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory and nonrespiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1536-1541

  Tanaka, Haruka ^a   Hirose, Haruka ^a   Kato, Yuko ^a   Kida, Saori ^a   Miyajima, Eiji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 77951786285     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01758-09     Document Type: Article

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