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Evaluation of Three Nucleic Acid Amplification Methods for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory Specimens

Two hundred thirty respiratory specimens from 230 patients were analyzed by using COBAS AMPLICOR PCR, Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test, and ligase chain reaction methods. Results were compared with those of smear microscopy and radiometric culture (Bactec) methods. No significant dif...

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Main Authors: Wang, S. X., Tay, L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC84988/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10325349
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