Comparison of the efficacies of loop-mediated isothermal amplification, fluorescence smear microscopy and culture for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  George, Geojith ^a   Mony, Prem ^a   Kenneth, John ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SMEAR MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIA GROWTH INDICATOR TUBE CULTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SPUTUM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SPUTUM; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79959212404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021007     Document Type: Article

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