Enhanced mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for detection of M. tuberculosis complex in positive ESP II broth cultures of nonrespiratory specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-248

  Bergmann, John S ^a   Woods, Gail L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CULTURE MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032785164     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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