Changing practices in mycobacteriology: A follow-up survey of state and territorial public health laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 554-559

  Bird, Billie R ^a   Denniston, Maxine M ^a   Huebner, Robin E ^b   Good, Robert C ^c  

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

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

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030063877     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.554-559.1996     Document Type: Article

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