Evaluation of the Cobas TaqMan MTB test for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 797-801

  Yang, Yuan Chieh ^a,d   Lu, Po Liang ^a,e   Huang, Su Chiao ^a,d   Jenh, Yi Shan ^b   Jou, Ruwen ^c   Chang, Tsung Chain ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

7H11 AGAR; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWENSTEIN JENSEN MEDIUN; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BODILY SECRETIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 79952348530     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01839-10     Document Type: Article

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