Comparison of the MB/BacT and BACTEC 460 TB systems for recovery of mycobacteria from various clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1206-1209

  Brunello, Francesca ^a   Favari, Flavio ^a   Fontana, Roberta ^a,b  

^a Serv Microbiol Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033037594     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1206-1209.1999     Document Type: Article

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