Evaluation of the Cobas TaqMan MTB real-time PCR assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART8, 2013, Pages 1160-1164

  Lee, Meng Rui ^a,b   Chung, Kuei Pin ^b   Wang, Hao Chien ^b   Lin, Chih Bin ^c   Yu, Chong Jen ^b   Lee, Jen Jyh ^c   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b  

^a TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBAS TAQMAN MTB ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84880269460     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.052043-0     Document Type: Article

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