Comparison of BACTEC 12B vs solid media for the recovery of Mycobacterium avium complex from blood cultures in AIDS patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Morgan, Myra B ^a   Reves, Randall R ^a,b   Wilson, Michael L ^a,c   Stone, Barbara L ^c   Burman, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030788470     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(97)89159-6     Document Type: Article

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