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Medical Journal of Cairo University [The]. 2007; 75 (2 Supp.): 177-181
in English
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ABSTRACT
The Cohas Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis [CAMTB] assay was evaluated for routine detection and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex [MT-BC]. 80 sputum samples from 80 suspected patients were tested by AFB smear, Lowenstein -Jensen media culture and by CAMTB. 50 patients were sputum AFB smear negative and patients were subjected to bronchoscopy for bronchoalveolar lavage [BAL] samples which were tested by the same methods, and results were compared. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of the CAMTB with sputum samples were 95%, 90%, 90 and 94% respectively