Rapid, cost-effective application of tibilia TB rapid test for culture confirmation of live and heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2776-2777

  Ngeow, Yun Fong ^a   Wong, Yan Ling ^a   Ng, Kee Peng ^a   Ong, Chia Sui ^b   Aung, Wah Wah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEATING; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBILIA TB RAPID TEST;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79959835810     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00711-11     Document Type: Letter

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