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[Evaluation of the SD BIOLINE TB Ag MPT64 Rapid® for the diagnosis of tuberculosis].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Feb 2011
Fabre M, Vong R, Gaillard T, Merens A, Gérome P, Saint-Blancard P, Mechaï F, Janvier F, Nouridjan F, Soler C
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the SD Bioline Ag MPT64 Rapid(®) for identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The method uses an immunochromatographic assay and needs 100 μl of sample taken from liquid culture or colonies suspended. The sensitivity was determined using 99 strains of M. tuberculosis complex and the specificity using 10 nontuberculous mycobacteria and 85 strains other...
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