Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum specimens using the FASTPlaqueTB test

Kiraz N., Et L., Akgun Y., Kasifoglu N., Kiremitci A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE, vol.11, no.8, pp.904-908, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.904-908
  • Keywords: FASTPlaqueTB test, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, sputum, SYSTEM, ASSAY
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.