Statewide survey of laboratories performing Mycobacterium tuberculosis testing in Minnesota

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-156

  Mills, Wendy A ^a,b   Besser Wiek, John M ^a,c   Osterholm, Michael T ^a,b   MacDonald, Kristine L ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Acute Disease Epidemiology Section   (United States)

^c Public Health Laboratory Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; LABORATORIES; MICROBIOLOGY; MINNESOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0029876007     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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