Clinical interest of a new simple method for the recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis;Interés clínico de un nuevo sistema simple para el aislamiento de Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 148-151

  Casal, M ^a   Gutierrez J ^a   Vaquero, M ^a  

^a Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia Cordoba   (Argentina)

Author keywords

MGIT; Rapid diagnosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031091402     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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