Scaling up tuberculosis culture services: A precautionary note

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 799-800

  Urbanczik, R ^a   Rieder, H L ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT SURVEY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67749086615     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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