Is real-time PCR better than conventional PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex detection in clinical samples?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2810-2813

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a   Urbano, Pasquale ^b   Marcelli, Fiorella ^c   Simonetti, Tullia M ^c   Cirilloa, Daniela M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 84864397359     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01412-12     Document Type: Article

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