Comparison of fluorescent BACTEC 9000 MB system, Septi-Chek AFB system, and Lowenstein-Jensen medium for detection of mycobacteria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2391-2394

  Van Griethuysen, A J ^a   Jansz, A R ^b   Buiting, A G M ^a  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029841359     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2391-2394.1996     Document Type: Article

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