Comparison of sodium carbonate, cetyl-pyridinium chloride, and sodium borate for preservation of sputa for culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [2]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4487-4488

  Bobadilla del Valle, M ^a   Ponce de Leon A ^a   Kato Maeda, M ^a   Hernandez Cruz A ^a   Calva Mercado, J J ^a   Chavez Mazari B ^a   Caballero Rivera, B A ^a   Nolasco Garcia J C ^a   Sifuentes Osornio, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORATE SODIUM; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; SODIUM CARBONATE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPUTUM CULTURE;

BORATES; CARBONATES; CETYLPYRIDINIUM; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0042420075     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4487-4488.2003     Document Type: Letter

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