Evaluation of rapid techniques for the detection of mycobacteria in sputum with scanty bacilli or clinically evident, smear negative cases of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 620-624

  Shinu, Pottathil ^a   Nair, Anroop ^b   Singh, Varsha ^a   Kumar, Surinder ^a   Bareja, Rajesh ^a  

^a MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Assay; BBL MGIT ; Biotec FASTPlaque TB ; Non respiratory; Respiratory tract specimens

Indexed keywords

BACILLI (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

EID: 80052721377     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000500016     Document Type: Article

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