Comparison of Roche Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis Assay with In-House PCR and Culture for Detection of M. tuberculosis

Bodo R. Eing; Andrea Becker; Arthur Sohns; Ronald Ringelmann

doi:10.1128/JCM.36.7.2023-2029.1998

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.36.7.2023-2029.1998

Article Information

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.36.7.2023-2029.1998

PubMed

9650955

Published By

American Society for Microbiology Journals

History

Received December 23, 1997
Returned for modification February 4, 1998
Accepted April 21, 1998
Published online July 1, 1998.

Author Information

Bodo R. Eing*,
Andrea Becker,
Arthur Sohns and
Ronald Ringelmann

Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany

↵* Corresponding author. Present address: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Klinische Virologie, von Stauffenbergstr. 36, 48151 Münster, Germany. Phone: (49) 251-7793-0. Fax: (49) 251-7793-104. E-mail: eingb{at}uni-muenster.de.

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