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Comparative Study
. 2003 Aug;46(4):299-301.
doi: 10.1016/s0732-8893(03)00078-6.

Multicenter evaluation of the fully automated bactec MGIT 960 system and three molecular methods for the isolation and the identification of mycobacteria from clinical specimens

F Kontos  1 , E Petinaki, S Nicolaou, Z Gitti, S Anagnostou, M Maniati, C Costopoulos, I Tselentis, A N Maniatis
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Comparative Study

Multicenter evaluation of the fully automated bactec MGIT 960 system and three molecular methods for the isolation and the identification of mycobacteria from clinical specimens

F Kontos et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Aug.

Abstract

A combination of Bactec MGIT 960 system, a PCR-based assay and a PCR-Restriction Analysis procedure (PRA) was assessed for the detection and identification of mycobacteria from clinical samples. The MGIT recovered 243 from 266 mycobacterial isolates. The PCR-based assay correctly identified all (234) Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, while 35 nontuberculous mycobacterial isolates were identified by PRA.

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