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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Main Authors: Taewon Jung, Sang-Ha Kim, Sunghyun Kim, Jae-Sun Choi, Young-Kwon Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society for Clinical Laboratory Science 2020-12-01
Series:Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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