The diagnosis of brucellosis by use of BACTEC 9240 blood culture system

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-135

  Ozturk, Recep ^a   Mert, Ali ^a   Kocak, Funda ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Koksal, Fatma ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a   Bilir, Muammer ^b   Aktuglu, Yildirim ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Automated culture systems; Brucellosis; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036890873     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00428-5     Document Type: Article

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