Recovery of mycobacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3761-3763

  Bange, Franz Christoph ^a   Kirschner, Philip ^a   Böttger, Eric C ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; OXALIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032836792     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3761-3763.1999     Document Type: Article

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