Rapid identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by combining the ESAT-6/CFP-10 immunochromatographic assay and smear morphology

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 902-907

  Shen, Gwan Han ^a,b,c   Chiou, Chien Shun ^d   Hu, Shiau Ting ^e   Wu, Kun Ming ^f   Chen, Jiann Hwa ^g  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Rui Fu Shi Medical Laboratory   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; RNA 16S; SERPENTINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; NOCARDIA;

EID: 79952322964     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00592-10     Document Type: Article

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