Is it appropriate to routinely use a nucleic acid amplification test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis?

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 138-143

  Lin, Chih Bin ^a,d   Chou, Hsu Wen ^b   Lin, Wei Chiao ^c   Lin, Teng Yi ^a,d   Lin, Tao Ping ^c   Luh, Kwen Tay ^c   Lee, Jen Jyh ^a,d  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c National Tuberculosis Association   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nucleic acid amplification; Sensitivity; Specificity; Turnaround time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TURNAROUND TIME;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79953788068     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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