Evaluation of the p-nitro-alpha-acetylamino-beta-hydroxypropiophenone differential test for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
The p-nitro-alpha-acetylamino-beta-hydroxypropiophenone (NAP) differential test for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis recovered from clinical specimens was evaluated by two laboratories and found to be a rapid and accurate procedure with a specificity exceeding 99%.
D006801:Humans; D006910:Hydroxypropiophenone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects; D011427:Propiophenones
D011427:Propiophenones; D006910:Hydroxypropiophenone; C017561:4-nitro-alpha-acetylamino-beta-hydroxypropiophenone