The potential misidentification of Tsukamurella pulmonis as an atypical Mycobacterium species: A cautionary tale [3]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-476

  Stanley, Timothy ^a   Crothers, Lester ^a   McCalmont, Mark ^a   Xu, Jiru ^a   Millar, B Cherie ^a   Goldsmith, Colin E ^a   Moore, John E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TSUKAMURELLA PULMONIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 33645472180     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46355-0     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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