Evaluation of GenoType MTBDR plus by Use of Extracted DNA from Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Specimens

Frieder Schaumburg; Georg Peters; Eva Wardelmann; Karsten Becker; Jan Sperveslage

doi:10.1128/JCM.01410-17

Evaluation of GenoType MTBDR plus by Use of Extracted DNA from Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Specimens

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Nov;55(11):3300-3302. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01410-17. Epub 2017 Sep 6.

Authors

Frieder Schaumburg¹, Georg Peters², Eva Wardelmann³, Karsten Becker², Jan Sperveslage³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany frieder.schaumburg@ukmuenster.de.
² Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
³ Gerhard-Domagk-Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; extrapulmonary disease; formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens; line probe assay; resistance.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
Formaldehyde
Genotype
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
Paraffin Embedding*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tissue Fixation*
Tuberculosis / microbiology*
Tuberculosis / pathology
Workflow

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
Formaldehyde