Comparison of direct and concentrated acid-fast smears to identify specimens culture positive for Mycobacterium spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3564-3568

  Peterson, Ellena M ^a   Nakasone, Audrey ^a   Platon DeLeon, J M ^b   Jang, Y ^b   De la Maza, Luis M ^a   Desmond, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032851112     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3564-3568.1999     Document Type: Article

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