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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 837-838, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.837-838.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Critical Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques To Test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory Tract Samples

S. Van den Wijngaert,1* A. Dediste,1 Y. VanLaethem,2 M. Gerard,2 O. Vandenberg,1 and G. Zissis1

Department of Microbiology,1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Sint-Pieter University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium2

Received 28 August 2003/ Returned for modification 22 October 2003/ Accepted 13 November 2003

The usefulness of employing Belgian selection criteria before performing nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAT) was evaluated. The results of this study show that for smear-negative patients with an abnormal chest radiology result in the absence of a respiratory tract infection by bacterial pathogens, testing with NAT is of major benefit.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiology Lab, Sint Pieter's University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. Phone: 32 025354531. Fax: 32 025354656. E-mail: Sigi_VandenWijngaert{at}StPierre-bru.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 837-838, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.837-838.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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