| Literature DB >> 22692733 |
Enrico Tortoli1, Pasquale Urbano, Fiorella Marcelli, Tullia M Simonetti, Daniela M Cirillo.
Abstract
Cobas Amplicor MTB and later Cobas TaqMan MTB were used to test a very large series of consecutive specimens received for tuberculosis diagnosis. Performance parameters were estimated and compared overall and for separate specimen categories. Both systems showed excellent specificity, and that of TaqMan was the higher. The sensitivities were similar but satisfactory only with respiratory specimens and smear-positive samples.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22692733 PMCID: PMC3421539 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01412-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948