Use of the AMPLIFIED [TM] Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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dc.creatorKalafati Tzimaka, E.
dc.creatorGeorgitzikis, I.
dc.creatorDelikatzi, D.
dc.creatorChatzidimitriou, D.
dc.creatorTzimaka, M.
dc.creatorPatakas, D.
dc.date2014-06-17T08:27:12Z
dc.date2014-06-17T08:27:12Z
dc.date2008-12-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T09:01:11Z
dc.description1119-1125
dc.descriptionA comparative analysis was made of 3 conventional tests for tuberculosis [TB] versus a DNA probe technique among suspected TB patients at a reference centre in Greece. During 2004, we tested 2961 biological specimens from 2234 patients with the following methods: Ziehl-Neelsen staining, LowensteinoJensen culture, BACTEC mycobacteria growth indicator tubes [MGIT] and the Gen-Probe AMPLIFIED[TM] Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test [MTD]. Of a total of 136 TB patients diagnosed and under anti-TB treatment, 133 of them [98%] were positive by amplified MTD. There were 112 TB [82%] detected by the MGIT method, 102 [75%] by Lowenstein-Jensen culture and 75 [55%] by Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Using MTD the positive result is ready within hours compared with days or weeks
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dc.identifier1020-3397
dc.identifierhttp://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/1405/14_5_2008_1119_1125.pdf
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117535
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/228609
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen
dc.relationEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 14 (5), 1119-1125, 2008
dc.subjectMycobacterium tuberculosis
dc.subjectPolymerase Chain Reaction
dc.subjectMolecular Probe Techniques
dc.subjectInvestigative Techniques
dc.subjectCosts and Cost Analysis
dc.subjectTuberculosis
dc.titleUse of the AMPLIFIED [TM] Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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