Feasibility of magnetic bead technology for concentration of mycobacteria in sputum prior to fluorescence microscopy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Albert, Heidi ^a   Ademun, Patrick J ^a   Lukyamuzi, George ^a   Nyesiga, Barnabas ^a   Manabe, Yukari ^b   Joloba, Moses ^c,d   Wilson, Stuart ^e   Perkins, Mark D ^f  

^a Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics   (Uganda)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory   (Uganda)

^e Microsens Medtech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; LOWENSTEIN JENSEN CULTURE; MAGNETIC BEAD TECHNOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955837630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-125     Document Type: Article

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