Rhodococcus equi isolation from sputum of patients with suspected tuberculosis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-202

  da Silva, Paulo ^a,b   Miyata, Marcelo ^a   Sato, Daisy Nakamura ^b   Santos, Adolfo Carlos Barreto ^a   Mendes, Natália Helena ^a   Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial profile; Epidemiology; Identification; Rhodococcus equi; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 77951898887     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762010000200015     Document Type: Article

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