Assessment of morphology for rapid presumptive identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium kansasii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1426-1429

  Attorri, Silvia ^a   Dunbar, Sherry ^a   Clarridge III, Jill E ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM ASIATICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034003089     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1426-1429.2000     Document Type: Article

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