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Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 64 (2009) 27–30

Mycobacteriology
Rapid prediction of BACTEC MGIT 960 culture results by COBAS
Amplicor Mycobacterium polymerase chain reaction detection
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Akio Aonoa, Yuka Azumaa, Satoshi Mitaraib, , Hideo Ogatac
aDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo 204-8533, Japan
bBacteriology Division, Department of Mycobacterium Reference, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association,
Tokyo 204-8533, Japan
cDepartment of Respiratory and Internal Medicine, Double-Barred Cross Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo 204-8533, Japan
Received 17 September 2008; accepted 20 January 2009
Abstract
A combination of a rapid culture system, BACTEC MGIT 960 (MGIT), and a commercial polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system for
the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was evaluated to predict