Comparison of the mycobacteria growth indicator tube with MB Redox, Lowenstein-Jensen, and Middlebrook 7H11 media for recovery of mycobacteria in clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1366-1369

  Somoskövi, Ákos ^a   Magyar, Pál ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344572676     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1366-1369.1999     Document Type: Article

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