Diagnosis of disseminated mycobacterial infection: Testing a simple and inexpensive method for use in developing countries;Diagnostico de la infeccion micobacteriana diseminada: Evaluacion de un metodo sencillo y barato para paises en desarrollo

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-47

  Fandinho, F C O ^a   Grinsztejn, B ^b   Veloso, V G ^b   Lourenco M C S ^b   Werneck Barroso, E ^b   Joao E ^c   Nogueira, S A ^a   Fonseca, L D S ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DOS SERVIDORES DO ESTADO   (Brazil)

^d Centro para las Ciencias de la Salud   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIDS; BLOOD TESTING; MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE;

EID: 0031879966     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49891998000700008     Document Type: Article

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