Evaluation of the GenoType Mycobacteria Direct assay for direct detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex obtained from sputum samples

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 930-934

  Kiraz, Nuri ^a   Saglik, Imran ^a   Kiremitci, Abdurrahman ^a   Kasifoglu, Nilgun ^a   Akgun, Yurdanur ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 23S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77955283971     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.013490-0     Document Type: Article

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