Comparison of Amplicor and Genexpert MTB/RIF Tests for diagnosis of Tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3777-3780

  Patel, Vinod B ^a   Connolly, Cathy ^b   Singh, Ravesh ^a,c   Lenders, Laura ^d   Matinyenya, Brian ^d   Theron, Grant ^d   Ndung'u, Thumbi ^a,c   Dheda, Keertan ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84907172018     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01235-14     Document Type: Article

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