Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF RUO assay and IS6110 real-time PCR for mycobacterium tuberculosis detection in clinical samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3458-3462

  Miller, Melissa B ^a   Popowitch, Elena B ^a   Backlund, Michael G ^a   Ager, Edward P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOSAFETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MTB/RIF RESEARCH USE ONLY ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 80053523741     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05212-11     Document Type: Article

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