Comparison of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) direct test, Amplicor MTB PCR, and IS6110-PCR for detection of MTB in respiratory specimens.

Dalovisio, J R

Comparison of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) direct test, Amplicor MTB PCR, and IS6110-PCR for detection of MTB in respiratory specimens. [electronic resource] - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Nov 1996 - 1099-106; discussion 1107-8 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1058-4838

10.1093/clinids/23.5.1099 doi


Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid--microbiology
False Positive Reactions
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--genetics
Nucleic Acid Hybridization--methods
Polymerase Chain Reaction--methods
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sputum--microbiology
Tuberculosis--microbiology