A comparison of four sputum pre-extraction preparation methods for identifying and characterising Mycobacterium tuberculosis using GCxGC-TOFMS metabolomics

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-311

  Schoeman, Johannes C ^a   du Preez, Ilse ^a   Loots, Du Toit ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GCxGC TOFMS; Metabolomics; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METABOLOMICS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866879128     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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