Use of a phage-based assay for phenotypic detection of mycobacteria directly from sputum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 680-688

  Park, D J ^a,c   Drobniewski, Francis A ^a   Meyer, A ^b   Wilson, S M ^a,d  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratorio Analises Clinicas   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRIFUGATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFECTION RISK; MONITORING; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CENTRIFUGATION; CITRATES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHENOTYPE; SPUTUM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037311937     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.680-688.2003     Document Type: Article

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