The incidence of false-positive cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 321-326

  Burman, William J ^a   Stone, Barbara L ^b   Reves, Randall R ^b   Wilson, Michael L ^b   Yang, Zhenhua ^b   El Hajj, Hiyam ^b   Bates, Joseph H ^b   Cave, M Donald ^b  

^a DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031037905     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.1.9001331     Document Type: Article

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