Not everything acid fast is Mycobacterium tuberculosis - A case report

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 535-536

  Olson, E S ^a   Simpson, A J H ^a   Norton, A J ^a   Das, S S ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid fast organisms; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nocardia asteroides; Ziehl Neelsen stain

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031878715     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.51.7.535     Document Type: Article

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