Reliability of cord formation in BACTEC 12B/13A media for presumptive identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in laboratories with a high prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 314-317

  Koksalan O ^a   Aydin, M ^b   Eraslan, S ^c   Bekiroglu, N ^d  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Duzen Laboratories   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CORD FACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036254135     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0701-9     Document Type: Article

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