Detection of tuberculosis using artus® M. tuberculosis PCR kit and COBAS® AMPLICOR™ Mycobacterium tuberculosis test

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hur, Mina ^a   Moon, H W ^a   Yun, Y M ^a   Kang, T Y ^b   Kim, H S ^b   Lee, K M ^b   Kang, S H ^c   Lee, E H ^c  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Green Cross Reference Laboratory   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cut off value; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nucleic acid amplification test; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955852822     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0367     Document Type: Article

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