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Direct comparison of the genotype MTBC and genomic deletion assays in terms of ability to distinguish between members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical isolates and in clinical specimens.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2008
Somoskovi Akos, Dormandy Jillian, Rivenburg Jeremy, Pedrosa Maria, McBride Melinda, Salfinger Max
Abstract excerpt
The automated GenoType MTBC assay was evaluated for the ability to detect and identify members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. In addition to 35 reference strains and 157 clinical isolates, performance of this assay was tested directly on 79 smear-positive clinical specimens. The assay proved as accurate as the reference deletion analysis for all 192 isolates and detected and identified M. tuberculosis...
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