Rapid Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis with the LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis Assay and Comparison with Conventional Diagnostic Techniques

The LCx MTB amplification assay is a nucleic acid amplification test intended for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens. We evaluated its performance on 2,001 consecutive respiratory specimens; 78 were culture positive for M. tuberculosis. Sensitivity, s...

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Publicado no:	J Clin Microbiol
Principais autores:	Rohner, Peter, Jahn, Esther I. M., Ninet, Beatrice, Ionati, Concetta, Weber, Rainer, Auckenthaler, Raymond, Pfyffer, Gaby E.
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1998
Assuntos:	Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Acesso em linha:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC105109/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9738065/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.36.10.3046-3047.1998
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