Multicenter Study of a Commercial, Automated Polymerase Chain Reaction System for the Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens in Routine Clinical Practice

Isolation and direct complete nucleotide determination of entire genes. Characterization of a gene coding for 16S ribosomal RNA

Ulrike Edwards, T. Rogall, Helmut Blöcker et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 1989 · 2.7K citations · Full text

Detection and identification of mycobacteria by amplification of rRNA

Boris Böddinghaus, T. Rogall, T Flohr et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1990 · 519 citations · Full text

Biology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Microbial Systematics +11

Characterization of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis insertion sequence, IS6110, and its application in diagnosis

Dominique Thierry, A Brisson-Noël, V. Vincent-Levy-Frebault et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1990 · 480 citations · Full text

Insertion Sequence, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Insertion Sequence-like Element +14

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

Gerda T. Noordhoek, A H Kolk, Gunnar Bjune et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1994 · 429 citations · Full text

Medical Microbiology, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Medicine +15

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

A Brisson-Noël, Denise Lecossier, Xavier Nassif et al. · The Lancet · 1989 · 398 citations

Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Prevention, Diagnosis +8