Performance characteristics of nested polymerase chain reaction vs real-time polymerase chain reaction methods for detecting mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in paraffin-embedded human tissues

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 384-390

  Seo, An Na ^a,b   Park, Hyo Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Seung ^a   Park, Jung Ok ^a   Chang, Ho Eun ^a   Nam, Kyung Han ^a   Choe, Gheeyoung ^a,c   Park, Kyoung Un ^a,d  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Departments of Pathology   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissues; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nested PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FORMALIN-FIXED; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NESTED PCR; PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED TISSUES; REAL-TIME PCR;

FORMALIN-FIXED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NESTED PCR; PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED TISSUES; REAL-TIME PCR;

HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907167538     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP2QZRH4ZNPRDD     Document Type: Article

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