A multi-center study to evaluate the performance of phage amplified biologically assay for detecting TB in sputum in the pulmonary TB patients.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of phage amplified biologically assay (PhaB) for detecting tuberculosis (TB) in sputum in the pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients. METHODS: Shanghai Tuberculosis Key Laboratory of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital participated in the project in collaboration with t...
Main Authors: | Changtai Zhu, Zhenling Cui, Ruijuan Zheng, Hua Yang, Ruiliang Jin, Lianhua Qin, Zhonghua Liu, Jie Wang, Zhongyi Hu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3169608?pdf=render |
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