Mycobacteriology laboratory

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-53

  Heifets, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030900668     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70354-3     Document Type: Article

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