Comparison of the Lowenstein-Jensen medium, the middlebrook 7H10 medium and MB/BACT for the isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1704-1709

  Naveen, G ^a   Peerapur, Basavaraj V ^b  

^a Travancore Medical College   (India)

^b Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

MB BACT; MB7H10 medium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CATALASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWENSTIEN-JENSEN MEDIUM; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MB/BACT MEDIUM; MIDDLEBROOK 7H10 MEDIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAINING;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84871892570     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4603.2635     Document Type: Article

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