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Review
. 2006 Jan;44(1):20-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.1.20-28.2006.

Current perspectives on drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: the automated nonradiometric systems

Claudio Piersimoni  1 , Armando Olivieri, Luca Benacchio, Claudio Scarparo
Affiliations
Review

Current perspectives on drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: the automated nonradiometric systems

Claudio Piersimoni et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jan.
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Funnel plots of reviewed studies on the MGIT 960 system.
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Summary ROC curves obtained from regression analysis of reviewed studies on MGIT 960 and MB/BacT systems.
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Funnel plots of reviewed studies on MB/BacT system.
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