Comparison of the VersaTREK system and Löwenstein-Jensen medium for the recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-53

  Falconi, Francisco Quiñones ^a   Suárez, Lourdes Infante ^a   López, Manuel de Jesús Castillejos ^a   Sancho, Cecilia García ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LOEWENSTEIN MEDIUM; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURA FLUID; SPUTUM CULTURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; URINE CULTURE; VERSATREK SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37749054659     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701522967     Document Type: Article

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