Controlled comparison of BacT/Alert MB system, manual Myco/F lytic procedure, and isolator 10 system for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3054-3057

  Crump, John A ^a,b,c,d   Morrissey, Anne B ^a   Ramadhani, Habib O ^c,d   Njau, Boniface N ^c,d   Maro, Venance P ^c,d   Reller, L Barth ^a,b  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SHERRISII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS BACTEREMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79960961793     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01035-11     Document Type: Article

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