Recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Löwenstein-Jensen media contaminated with other organisms

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-231

  Nagarajan, P ^a   Anbarasu, S ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Selvakumar, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Cetrimide; Decontamination; L wenstein Jensen; M. tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE;

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; INCUBATION TIME; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOEWENSTEIN MEDIUM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84855647315     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0508     Document Type: Article

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