SeekTB, a two-stage multiplex real-time-PCR-based method for differentiation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2203-2206

  Reddington, Kate ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^b   Bates, Matthew ^b   Van Soolingen, Dick ^c   Niemann, Stefan ^d   Barry, Thomas ^a   O'Grady, Justin ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LABORATORY DEVICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEKTB; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84862729412     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00718-12     Document Type: Article

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