| Literature DB >> 19553580 |
Ioannis K Neonakis1, Zoe Gitti, Stavroula Baritaki, Efi Petinaki, Maria Baritaki, Demetrios A Spandidos.
Abstract
Three molecular assays were evaluated for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria in 125 respiratory and 22 nonrespiratory samples. The overall sensitivities obtained were as follows: GenoType MTBDRplus, 97.9%; GenoType Mycobacteria Direct, 93.7%; Gen-Probe Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplified Direct Test, 89.6%. The specificity of the assays used was 100%.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19553580 PMCID: PMC2725688 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02351-08
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948