Evaluation of Cobas TaqMan MTB for direct detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in comparison with Cobas Amplicor MTB

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2112-2117

  Bloemberg, Guido V ^a   Voit, Antje ^a   Ritter, Claudia ^a,b   Deggim, Vanessa ^a   Böttger, Erik C ^a,b  

^a Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie   (Switzerland)

^b Nationales Zentrum fur Mykobakterien   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOLLETII; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM MASSILIENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROCHE COBAS AMPLICOR MTB ASSAY; ROCHE COBAS TAQMAN MTB ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84879452770     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00142-13     Document Type: Article

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