Misdiagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis possibly due to laboratory-related errors

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 1980-1983

  Nitta, Annette Tsugie ^a,b,e   Davidson, Paul Titus ^a,c   De Koning, Muriel Lucille ^a   Kilman, Robert Joseph ^d  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Dept of Community Health Sciences   (United States)

^e TB Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERROR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030471196     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.24.1980     Document Type: Article

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