Diagnostic value of mycobacteriophage based fast plaque technique for early detection of pulmonary tuberculosis

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnosticperformance of FASTPlaqueTBTM (FPTB) test andto compare with mycobacterial Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ)culture and smear test.Materials and methods: Respiratory samples were obtainedfrom 60 patients with suspected tuberculosis and20 control patie...

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Main Author: Servet Kayhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Modestum Publishing LTD 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
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Online Access:http://www.jceionline.org/upload/sayi/12/JCEI-00316.pdf