Cost-effectiveness of blood agar for isolation of mycobacteria.
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium species are grown using specific media that increase laboratory cost, thus hampering their diffusion in resource-limited countries. Preliminary data suggested that versatile blood agar may be also used for mycobacterial culture. METHODOLOGY: We examined the growth of 41 dif...
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Main Authors: | Michel Drancourt (Author), Didier Raoult (Author) |
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2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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