Evaluation of BACTEC-MYCO/F lytic medium for recovery of mycobacteria and fungi from blood

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1176-1179

  Waite, Rebecca T ^a,b   Woods, Gail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b PROMEGA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031978988     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1176-1179.1998     Document Type: Article

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