Direct sensitivity test of the MB/BacT system

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 263-264

  Werneck Barreto, Angela Maria ^a   Melo Araujo, Joselba Borges ^a   De Melo Medeiros, Reginalda Ferreira ^a   De Souza Caldas, Paulo Cesar ^a  

^a Ctro Referencia Prof Helio Fraga   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Laboratory diagnostics; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346341434     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762002000200021     Document Type: Article

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