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Combining polymerase chain reaction restriction enzyme analysis with phenotypic characters for mycobacteria identification in Taiwan.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Apr 2009
Shen G-H, Hung C-H, Hu S-T, Wu B-D, Lin C-F, Chen C-H, Wu K-M, Chen J-H
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SETTING: Many hospitals use the fully-automated BACTEC 960 Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) system and acid-fast staining to detect acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in clinical specimens; however, labour-intensive biochemical methods are used for further mycobacterial species identification. OBJE...
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