Diagnostics

Amplicor M. tb Test Compared to PCR

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 5th, 1996

Due to a lack of sensitivity, the Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis test did not compare favorably to in-house polymerase chain reaction testing in a study from The Netherlands.

"Since the Amplicor system is rapid, very user-friendly, and reasonably priced (in Europe), resolution of the inhibition and sensitivity problems might make the Amplicor M. tuberculosis test a real gain for M. tuberculosis diagnostics," researcher J. Schirm and colleagues wrote ("Comparison of Amplicor, In -House PCR and Conventional Culture for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Clinical Samples," Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December...

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