Multicenter evaluation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 system for recovery of mycobacteria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 748-752

  Hanna, Bruce A ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Adeleh ^b   Elliott, L Bruce ^c   Morgan, Margie A ^d   Novak, Susan M ^e   Rusch Gerdes, Sabine ^f   Acio, Millie ^d   Dunbar, Denise F ^c   Holmes, T Michele ^c   Rexer, Charles H ^a   Savthyakumar, Chiminyan ^b   Vannier, Ann M ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York City Department of Health   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033062549     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.748-752.1999     Document Type: Article

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