Mycobacterium: Clinical and laboratory characteristics of rapidly growing mycobacteria

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 525-538

  Brown Elliott, Barbara A ^a   Wallace, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibilities; Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI); Molecular identification methods; Rapidly growing mycobacteria (rgm)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188866280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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