Isolation and identification of Mycobacterium avium complex and other nontuberculosis mycobacteria from drinking-water in Basra governorate, Iraq;Isolement et identification du complexe mycobacterium avium et de mycobactéries autres que celles responsables de la tuberculose dans l'eau de boisson du Gouvernorat de Bassora (Iraq)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-278

  Al Sulami, A A ^a   Al Taee, A M R ^a   Wida'a, Q H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPEI; NONHUMAN; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859120008     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.3.274     Document Type: Article

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