What can the microbiology laboratory currently offer in the professional training of clinical microbiologists?;¿Qué puede ofrecer actualmente el laboratorio de micobacterias en la formación profesional del microbiólogo clínico?

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.2, 2003, Pages 44-48

  Ausina, Vicente ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Education; Microbiology; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 4143111950     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059084     Document Type: Review

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