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Mycobacteria /

Mycobacteria covers some aspects of mycobacterial identification. The book starts by describing a historical review of tuberculosis, including topics about searching for its causes and cure and about the use of chemotherapy for treating tuberculosis. The text describes the different species of Mycob...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chadwick, Maureen V.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Baker, F. J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol ; Boston : Wright/PSG, 1982.
Series:Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences monographs.
Subjects:
Mycobacteria > Identification.
Mycobacterial diseases > Diagnosis.
Tuberculosis > Diagnosis.
Diagnosis, Laboratory.
Mycobactériacées > Identification.
Tuberculose > Diagnostic.
Diagnostics biologiques.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Diagnosis, Laboratory
Mycobacteria > Identification
Mycobacterial diseases > Diagnosis
Tuberculosis > Diagnosis
Electronic books.
Field guides
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Mycobacteria covers some aspects of mycobacterial identification. The book starts by describing a historical review of tuberculosis, including topics about searching for its causes and cure and about the use of chemotherapy for treating tuberculosis. The text describes the different species of Mycobacteriaceae, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. bovis, M. microti, and M. ulcerans. Safety precautions in pathology laboratories; the preparation of good culture media and sensitivity test media; and the treatment of specimens are also considered. The book further tackles sensiti.
Physical Description:1 online resource (125 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781483183473
1483183475