An evaluation of the recovery of mycobacteria from urine specimens using the automated Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube system (BACTEC MGIT 960)

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1220-1222

  Chan, Douglas Su Gin ^a,b   May, Yee Choy ^a   Wang, Suxing ^a   Sng, Li Hwei ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOEWENSTEIN MEDIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 53749101025     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001685-0     Document Type: Article

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