Multicenter evaluation of seegene anyplex TB PCR for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1004-1007

  Lim, Jinsook ^a   Kim, Jimyung ^a   Kim, Jong Wan ^b   Ihm, Chunhwa ^c   Sohn, Yong Hak ^c   Cho, Hyun Jung ^d   Kim, Jayoung ^e   Koo, Sun Hoe ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c Eulji University   (South Korea)

^d Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Real time PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; SOUTH KOREA; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84904339587     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1403.03071     Document Type: Article

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