Mycobacterial Testing in Clinical Laboratories That Participate in the College of American Pathologists Mycobacteriology Surveys: Changes in Practices Based on Responses to 1992, 1993, and 1995 Questionnaires

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 429-435

  Woods, Gail L ^a   Long, Thomas A ^b   Witebsky, Frank G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA PROBE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029902992     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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