Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum specimens using the FASTPlaqueTB test
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE, cilt.11, sa.8, ss.904-908, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 8
- Basım Tarihi: 2007
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.904-908
- Anahtar Kelimeler: FASTPlaqueTB test, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, sputum, SYSTEM, ASSAY
- Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
OBJECTIVES: To determine the performance of the FASTPlaqueTB test, based on bacterlophage amplification technology, by comparison with the BACTEC 460 TB culture system, the Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium culture method and Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining.