Comparison of Enhanced Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplified Direct Test with COBAS AMPLICOR Mycobacterium tuberculosis Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory and Extrapulmonary Specimens

The new Roche COBAS AMPLICOR Mycobacterium tuberculosis Assay was compared to the Gen-Probe enhanced Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplified Direct Test (AMTDII). A total of 486 specimens (296 respiratory and 190 extrapulmonary) collected from 323 patients were tested in parallel with both assays. Resu...

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Published in:	J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors:	Scarparo, Claudio, Piccoli, Paola, Rigon, Alessandra, Ruggiero, Giuliana, Scagnelli, Mariuccia, Piersimoni, Claudio
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2000
Subjects:	Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC86489/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10747143/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.38.4.1559-1562.2000
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