Rapid culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on blood agar in resource limited setting

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 208-210

  Mathur, Murli L ^a   Gaur, Jyoti ^a   Sharma, Ruchika ^a   Solanki, Aruna ^b  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

^b DR S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM;

EID: 73349111245     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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