Integrating the Xpert MTB/RIF assay into a diagnostic workflow for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low-prevalence area

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2396-2399

  Deggim, Vanessa ^a   Somoskovi, Akos ^a   Voit, Antje ^a   Böttger, Erik C ^a   Bloemberg, Guido V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS RAPID TEST; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; WORKFLOW;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 84879424768     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00151-13     Document Type: Article

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