Sensitivity of amplicor mtb on direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in smear-negative specimens from outpatients in Rio de Janeiro
Braz. j. microbiol
; 33(2): 163-165, Apr.-Jun. 2002. tab
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ABSTRACT
We evaluated the performance of the AMPLICOR MTB assay for detection of M. tuberculosis in clinical specimens obtained from 98 smear-negative tuberculous patients (43 with positive and 55 with negative culture results). The sensitivity of the AMPLICOR MTB was 44.9(per cent) (44/98) and that of culture was 43.8(per cent) (43/98). No significant difference was observed between the results obtained by AMPLICOR MTB and by culture. We conclude that amplification assays could be used for testing smear-negative specimens because a rapid diagnosis will benefit those patients.
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Bases de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. microbiol
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil