Rapid detection of acid-fast bacilli with mycobacteria growth indicator tube (MGIT)

Kekkaku

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 399-406

  Saito, Hajime ^a   Kashiwabara, Yoshiko ^b   Sato, Kohji ^b   Katayama, Tohru ^b   Kwon, Hyuk Han ^b   Tomioka, Haruaki ^b  

^a National Institute Leprosy Research   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Culture; MGIT; Mycobacteria; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0029971073     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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