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SUBMITTER: Lemaitre N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC516309 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lemaître Nadine N Armand Sylvie S Vachée Anne A Capilliez Odile O Dumoulin Christine C Courcol René J RJ
Journal of clinical microbiology 20040901 9
Real-time PCR was compared to Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test (AMTDII) for 100 clinical specimens. The overall sensitivities of the real-time PCR method and AMTDII were similar for respiratory and nonrespiratory specimens. However, real-time PCR seemed to be less susceptible to amplification inhibitors than AMTDII. ...[more]