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A Kerleguer1, M Fabre, J J Bernatas, P Gerome, E Nicand, V Herve, J L Koeck.
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This prospective study evaluated the performance of the Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test (MTD) for the diagnosis of lymph node tuberculosis in Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti. Of 197 specimens sampled from 153 patients, 123 were from 95 tuberculous patients. The sensitivity and specificity of MTD were 93 and 100%, respectively. The sensitivity of culture was 89%.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15583341 PMCID: PMC535303 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5921-5922.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948