Efficiency of the TK Culture System in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-357

  Kocagöz, Tanil ^a   Altin, Sedat ^b   Türkyilmaz, Özgül ^b   Taş, Ilhan ^b   Karaduman, Perihan ^c   Bolaban, Dilek ^c   Yeşilyurt, Elif ^d   Öktem, Sinem ^a   Aytekin, Nihan ^a   Şinik, Gülçe ^d   Mozioǧlu, Erkan ^e   Silier, Thomas ^c  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^c SALUBRIS Inc   (United States)

^d Trends in Innovative Biotechnology Organization (TIBO)   (Turkey)

^e NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mycobacteria; Rapid culture; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; INOCULATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MURALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TK RAPID MYCOBACTERIAL CULTURE SYSTEM; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AUTOMATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84858333881     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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