Comparison of Quantitative Relationship between Real-Time PCR and Acid Fast Bacilli Staining for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
This study investigates the association of the AFB stain with the cycle threshold (Ct) value of the Cobas TaqMan MTB test (CTM test, Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland), and it establishes the base data for semi-quantitative identification of M. tuberculosis by the Ct value. CTM test were simulta...
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Language: | English |
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The Korean Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
2020-12-01
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Series: | Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science |
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