Multicenter comparison of ESP Culture System II with BACTEC 460TB and with Lowenstein-Jensen medium for recovery of mycobacteria from different clinical specimens, including blood

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1378-1381

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a,f   Cichero, Paola ^b   Chirillo, M Gabriella ^c   Gismondo, M Rita ^d   Bono, Letizia ^e   Gesu, Giampietro ^b   Simonetti, M Tullia ^a   Volpe, Gisella ^c   Nardi, Giampietro ^d   Marone, Piero ^e  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f Lab di Microbiologia e Virologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 7144262432     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.5.1378-1381.1998     Document Type: Article

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