Performance characteristics of the new Abbott Real Time MTB assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 212-214

  Vinuesa, Víctor ^a   Navarro, David ^a,b   Poujois, Sandrine ^a   Zaragoza, Susana ^a   Borrás, Rafael ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid fast smear; Culture; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Real time PCR assays; Respiratory specimens

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ABBOTT REAL TIME MTB ASSAY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ARUPENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CANARIASENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTI; MYCOBACTERIUM CAPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MAGERITENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM NONCHROMOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARASCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PINNIPEDII; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA CARNEA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA VETERANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958665040     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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