Mycobacterial transport medium for routine culture of fine needle aspiration biopsies

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-50

  Wright, C A ^a   Bamford, C ^a   Prince, Y ^a   Vermaak, A ^a   Hoek, K G P ^b   Marais, B J ^b   Warren, R M ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRANSPORTATION; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 75349090080     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.164038     Document Type: Article

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