Rapid recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from clinical specimens using the BACTEC 9000 MB system, a new automated fluorimetric technique

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 352-355

  Mosca, Adriana ^a   D'Alagni, Marina ^a   Del Prete, Raffaele ^a   Simone, Anna ^b   De Santis, Antonio ^b   Miragliotta, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Department of Pneumology   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BACTEC 9000; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030834218     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00625.x     Document Type: Article

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