Improvement of tuberculosis diagnosis by Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) in a developing country laboratory;Amélioration du diagnostic de la tuberculose par le Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) dans un laboratoire de pays en développement

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-100

  Macondo, E A ^a   Ba, F ^c   Toure Kane, N C ^a   Kaire, O ^a   Gueye Ndiaye, A ^a   Gaye Diallo, A ^a   Boye, C S ^a   Mboup, S ^a,b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Laboratory; Lowenstein Jensen medium; MGIT; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Senegal; Sub saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENEGAL; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENEGAL; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034169095     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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