Comparison among three methods for mycobacteria identification Comparación entre tres métodos para identificar micobacterias

• Main Authors: Misael Mondragón-Barreto (Author), Carlos A. Vázquez-Chacón (Author), Candelaria Barrón-Rivero (Author), Patricia Acosta-Blanco (Author), Kenneth C. Jost Jr (Author), Susana Balandrano (Author), Hiram Olivera-Díaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2000-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To compare three methods: Biochemical tests, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragments length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP), for the identification of mycobacteria, and to perform a cost-benefit analysis to define an optimum identification...