Usefulness of Myco/F Lytic blood cultures (Bactec 9050) in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteraemia in HIV-infected patients in Portugal [2]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-254

  Hänscheid, Thomas ^a,b   Monteiro, Cristina ^a   Marques Lito, Luis ^a   Melo Cristino, José ^a,b   Salgado, Maria José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANALYSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TIME;

BACTEREMIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PORTUGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 3242707543     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2003.12.004     Document Type: Letter

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