Evaluation of the BBL MGIT (Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube) AST SIRE system for antimycobacterial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to 4 primary antituberculous drugs

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-86

  Bergmann, John S ^a   Fish, Geoffrey ^a   Woods, Gail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; INOCULATION; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ETHAMBUTOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 0033983156     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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