Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by real-time PCR in sputum samples and its use in the routine diagnosis in a reference laboratory

Comparative study of diagnostic accuracy of established PCR assays and in-house developed sdaA PCR method for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in symptomatic patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

(2013) Manoj Nimesh et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Simultaneous detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and nontuberculous mycobacteria in respiratory specimens

(2013) Sang Mee Hwang et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

Evaluation of in-house mpt64 real-time PCR for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary and extra-pulmonary specimens

(2012) Sunil Sethi et al.   Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Evaluation of a IS6110-Taqman real-time PCR assay to detectMycobacterium tuberculosisin sputum samples of patients with pulmonary TB

(2012) L.A.S. Lira et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of the Xpert MTB/RIF Test with an IS6110-TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Specimens

(2011) S. Armand et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid DNA extraction for specific detection and quantitation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in sputum specimens using Taqman assays

(2011) Diana I. Gomez et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

Reliable identification of mycobacterial species by PCR-restriction enzyme analysis (PRA)-hsp65 in a reference laboratory and elaboration of a sequence-based extended algorithm of PRA-hsp65 patterns

(2008) Erica Chimara et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Improved diagnosis of central nervous system tuberculosis by MPB64-Target PCR

(2008) Dil-Afroze et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY