U.S. Hospital Mycobacteriology Laboratories: Status and comparison with State Public Health Department Laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 680-685

  Tokars, Jerome I ^a,d   Rudnick, Judith R ^b   Kroc, Karen ^c   Manangan, Lilia ^a   Pugliese, Gina ^c   Huebner, Robin E ^b   Chan, Jinlene ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030020255     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.680-685.1996     Document Type: Article

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