New evidence for the complexity of the population structure of mycobacterium tuberculosis increases the diagnostic and biologic challenges

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1448-1451

  Dartois, Véronique ^a   Saito, Kohta ^b   Warrier, Thulasi ^b   Nathan, Carl ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CFU COUNTING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DILUTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPF GENE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85007507397     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201607-1431ED     Document Type: Editorial

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