Evaluation of TBc identification immunochromatographic assay for rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in samples from broth cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1939-1942

  Said, Halima M ^a   Ismail, Nazir ^a,b   Osman, Ayman ^a   Velsman, Chrisna ^a   Hoosen, A A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TBC IDENTIFICATION IMMUNOCHROMATGRAPHIC ASSAY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 79955542932     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01906-10     Document Type: Article

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