Evaluation of a miniature microscope objective designed for fluorescence array microscopy detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 379-389

  McCall, Brian ^a   Olsen, Randall J ^b   Nelles, Nicole J ^b   Williams, Dawn L ^b   Jackson, Kevin ^a   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^a   Graviss, Edward A ^b   Tkaczyk, Tomasz S ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84895540221     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2013-0146-OA     Document Type: Article

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