Audit of scope and culture techniques applied to samples for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis by hospital laboratories in England and Wales

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-237

  Drobniewski, F ^a   Strutt, M ^a   Smith, G ^b   Magee, J ^c   Flanagan, P ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INCUBATION TIME; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; WALES;

EID: 0037396812     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802008105     Document Type: Article

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