Growth on blood agar discriminates Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1028-1030

  Drancourt, Michel ^a   Gevaudan M J ^a   Truffot, C ^b   Jarlier, V ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Microangiopathies Thrombotiques de l'Adulte et de l'Enfant (MAT)   (France)

Author keywords

Culture; Identification; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium intracellulare

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; INOCULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0242268548     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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