Comparison among three methods for mycobacteria identification

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 484-489

  Mondragón Barreto, Misael ^a   Vázquez Chacón, Carlos A ^a   Barrón Rivero, Candelaria ^a   Acosta Blanco, Patricia ^a   Jost Jr , Kenneth C ^b   Balandrano, Susana ^a   Olivera Díaz, Hiram ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Chromatography; Diagnosis; High performance liquid diagnostic use; Laboratory; Mexico; Mycobacterium diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034495510     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342000000600003     Document Type: Article

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