Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens Using an Automated DNA Amplification Assay and a Single Tube Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Detection and identification of mycobacteria by amplification of rRNA

1990 • 523 citations

Sensitivity and specificity of PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a blind comparison study among seven laboratories

1994 • 436 citations

RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS BY AMPLIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIAL DNA IN CLINICAL SAMPLES

1989 • 406 citations

Diagnostic Mycobacteriology Laboratory Practices

1995 • 106 citations

Comparison of two automated DNA amplification systems with a manual one-tube nested PCR assay for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

1997 • 61 citations

Single-tube nested PCR in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

1996 • 57 citations