Cord formation in MB/BacT medium is a reliable criterion for presumptive identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in laboratories with high prevalence of M. tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4189-4191

  Zuhre Badak, F ^a,c   Goksel, Servet ^a   Sertoz, Ruchan ^a   Guzelant, Asuman ^a   Kizirgil, Ahmet ^b   Bilgic, Altinay ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TUBERCULOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0344286134     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.4189-4191.1999     Document Type: Article

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