Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia detected by the Isolator lysis-centrifugation blood culture system.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected by the Isolator lysis-centrifugation blood culture system from the blood of a patient with tuberculosis of the breast. The organism also grew on conventional laboratory media inoculated with pleural fluid from the patient.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 21 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985