Use of the BACTEC mycobacteria growth indicator tube 960 automated system for recovery of mycobacteria from 9,558 extrapulmonary specimens, including urine samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4014-4017

  Hillemann, Doris ^a   Richter, Elvira ^a   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY FLUID; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIURIA; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 33750939657     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00829-06     Document Type: Article

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