Microscopic morphology in smears prepared from MGIT broth medium for rapid presumptive identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium avium complex and mycobacterium kansasii

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-183

  Tu, Hui Zin ^a   Chang, Shu Huei ^a   Huaug, Tsi Shu ^a   Huaug, Wen Kuei ^a   Liu, Yung Ching ^a   Lee, Susan Shin Jung ^a,b  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microscopic morphology; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEC MGIT 960 SYSTEM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; STAINING;

CULTURE MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038120843     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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