Evaluation of the mycobacteria growth indicator tube system for detection and quantification of mycobacteria from clinical specimens

Kekkaku

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 389-393

  Tsuyuguchi, Kazunari ^a,b,c   Ikeda, Takeshi ^a   Nakatani, Koichi ^a   Tsuboi, Tomomasa ^a   Sato, Atsuo ^a   Kurasawa, Takuya ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization Minami Kyoto Hospital   (Japan)

^b Natl Kinki Chuo Hosp Chest Dis   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Culture techniques for mycobacteria; Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT); Quantification of mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GROWTH INDICATOR TUBE SYSTEM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OGAWA SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TIME;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0037832567     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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