Autofluorescence of mycobacteria as a tool for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3296-3302

  Patiño, Sol ^a   Alamo, Lorenzo ^a   Cimino, Mena ^a   Casart, Yveth ^a   Bartoli, Fulvia ^a   García, María J ^b   Salazar, Leiria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROMETER; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 53649106023     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02183-07     Document Type: Article

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