Isolation of environmental mycobacteria from clinical specimens in South-East England: 1973-1993

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-80

  Yates, M D ^a,d   Pozniak, A ^b   Uttley, A H C ^a   Clarke, R ^b   Grange, J M ^c  

^a Dulwich Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Dulwich Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY FLUIDS; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; LUNG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031061306     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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