Sensitivity of fluorochrome microscopy for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis versus nontuberculous mycobacteria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1046-1049

  Wright, Paul W ^a   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^a,b   Wright, Nathan W ^a   Brown, Barbara A ^a   Griffith, David E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b Health Science Center   (United States)

^c Ctr Pulmon and Infect Dis Contr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR;

EID: 0031921012     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.1046-1049.1998     Document Type: Article

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