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Evaluation of GenoType mycobacteria direct assay in comparison with Gen-Probe Mycobacterium tuberculosis amplified direct test and GenoType MTBDRplus for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2009
Neonakis Ioannis K, Gitti Zoe, Baritaki Stavroula, Petinaki Efi, Baritaki Maria, Spandidos Demetrios A
Abstract excerpt
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 Mycobacteri...
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