Mycobacterium: Laboratory characteristics of slowly growing mycobacteria

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 503-524

  Richter, Elvira ^a   Brown Elliott, Barbara A ^b   Wallace, Richard J ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC); Mycolic acid; Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188864383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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