The relative test performance characteristics of two commercial assays for the detection of <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>complex in paraffin-fixed human biopsy specimens

• Main Authors: Broukhanski George (Author), Lombos Ernesto (Author), Chedore Pam (Author), Pyskir Daria (Author), Eshaghi AliReza (Author), Drews Steven J (Author), Higgins Rachel (Author), Fisman David N (Author), Blair Joanne (Author), Jamieson Frances (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The Seeplex™ TB Detection-2 assay (Rockville, MD) is a nested endpoint PCR for the <it>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </it>complex (MTBC) targets IS<it>6110 </it>and MPB64 that utilizes dual priming oligonucleotide technology. When used to det...