Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube testing in conjunction with the AccuProbe of the AMPLICOR-PCR assay for detecting and identifying mycobacteria from sputum samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2022-2025

  Ichiyama, Satoshi ^a,b   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^c   Yamori, Sadaaki ^c   Hasegawa, Yoshinori ^b   Shimokata, Kaoru ^b   Nakashima, Nobuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHUBU NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030877528     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2022-2025.1997     Document Type: Article

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