Sensitivity of AMPLICOR MTB on direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in smear-negative specimens from outpatients in Rio de Janeiro Sensibilidade do kit Amplicor MRB na detecção direta de Mycobacterium tuberculosis em espécimes baciloscopia negativa

Sensitivity of AMPLICOR MTB on direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in smear-negative specimens from outpatients in Rio de Janeiro Sensibilidade do kit Amplicor MRB na detecção direta de Mycobacterium tuberculosis em espécimes baciloscopia negativa

We evaluated the performance of the AMPLICOR MTB assay for detection of M. tuberculosis in clinical specimens obtained from 98 smear-negative tuberculous patients (43 with positive and 55 with negative culture results). The sensitivity of the AMPLICOR MTB was 44.9% (44/98) and that of culture was 43...

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Main Authors: Luciano dos Anjos Filho, Walter M.R. Oelemann, Clara E.N. Barreto, Afranio Lineu Kritski, Leila de Souza Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2002-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
tuberculose
AMPLICOR MTB
espécimes baciloscopia negativa
tuberculosis
smear-negative specimens
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