Use of BACTEC MGIT 960 for recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens: Multicenter study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3578-3582

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a   Cichero, Paola ^b   Piersimoni, Claudio ^c   Simonetti, M Tullia ^a   Gesu, Giampietro ^b   Nista, Domenico ^c  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0032883027     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3578-3582.1999     Document Type: Article

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