Usefulness of the BACTEC MGIT 960 system for isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputa subjected to long-term storage

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 575-576

  Pardini, Manuela ^a   Varaine, Francis ^b   Bonnet, Maryline ^b   Orefici, Graziella ^a   Oggioni, Marco Rinaldo ^c   Fattorini, Lanfranco ^a   Meacci, Francesca ^c   D'Amato, Viviana ^c   Andrew, Peter W ^d   Barer, Mike ^d   Yesilkaya, Hasab ^d   Rinder, Heinz ^e   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^f   Niemann, Stefan ^f   Orrù, Germano ^g   Jarosz, Thierry ^h  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LGL   (Germany)

^f RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^h University of Cagliari ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; LOEWENSTEIN MEDIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; STORAGE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACILLI (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33847034054     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01985-06     Document Type: Article

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