Comparison of four culture systems for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the zambian national reference laboratory

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 460-465

  Muyoyeta, M ^a,d   Schaap, J A ^a,b   De Haas, P ^a,b   Mwanza, W ^a   Muvwimi, M W ^c   Godfrey Faussett, P ^a   Ayles, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Chest Disease Laboratory   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

MGIT; Mycobacteria culture; Mycobacteria tuberculosis; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM; ZAMBIA;

EID: 64549129998     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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