Tuberculosis (Diagnostics)
Nucleic Acid Amplification Could Advance TB Testing
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 29th, 1999
Nucleic acid amplification (NAA) tests for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens have the potential to provide a more rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) than is currently possible by conventional stain, culture, and identification tests.
Currently, two NAA tests - enhanced Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct (MTD) Test (Gen-Probe, Inc) and Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis Test (Roche Molecular Systems, Inc) - have been approved...
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