Diagnostics
Culture Systems Compared for Growth and Detection of Mycobacteria
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 21st, 2000
The study was conducted by N. Williams-Bouyer and colleagues at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. The researchers reported their findings in the November 2000 issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology ("Comparison of the BACTEC MGIT 960 and ESP Culture System II for growth and detection of mycobacteria," J Clin Microbiol, 2000;38(11):4167-4170).
Williams-Bouyer et al. cultured 3,151 mycobacterial samples in the liquid media of BACTEC MGIT 960 (BD...
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