Development of low-cost inverted microscope to detect early growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in MODS culture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zimic, Mirko ^a   Velazco, Abner ^b   Comina, Germán ^b   Coronel, Jorge ^a   Fuentes, Patricia ^a   Luna, Carmen G ^a   Sheen, Patricia ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a,c,d   Moore, David A J ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 77954445593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009577     Document Type: Article

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