Causes of and clinical sequelae of delays in reporting species identification of mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complex

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-73

  Ooi, Say Tat ^a   Fekete, Thomas ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical sequelae; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646143316     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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