The use of an automated quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Xpert MTB/RIF) to predict the sputum smear status of tuberculosis patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 384-388

  Theron, Grant ^a   Pinto, Lancelot ^b   Peter, Jonny ^a   Mishra, Hemant Kumar ^c   Mishra, Hridesh Kumar ^c   Van Zyl Smit, Richard ^a   Sharma, Surendra Kumar ^c   Dheda, Keertan ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84863397377     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir824     Document Type: Article

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