Evaluation of the BacT/ALERT 3D system for recovery and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1148-1152

  Ängeby, Kristian A K ^a,b   Werngren, J ^a   Toro, J C ^a   Hedstrom G ^c   Petrini, B ^c   Hoffner, S E ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Drug susceptibility testing; New methods; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0242708736     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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