Improved recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from pleural aspirates: bedside inoculation, heparinized containers and liquid culture media.

Cheng, A F

Improved recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from pleural aspirates: bedside inoculation, heparinized containers and liquid culture media. [electronic resource] - Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 1999 - 485-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0036-5548

10.1080/00365549950164012 doi


Anticoagulants
Bacteriological Techniques
Culture Media
Heparin
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--isolation & purification
Specimen Handling--methods
Tuberculosis, Pleural--microbiology