Impact of the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic on detection of Mycobacterium isolates in a general hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1013-1015

  Bouza, Emilio ^a   Albadalejo, Javier ^a   Cercenado, Emilia ^a   Ruiz Serrano, M Jesús ^a   Vicente, Teresa ^a   Ortega, Arturo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030903786     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.1013-1015.1997     Document Type: Article

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