Comparison of Sodium Carbonate, Cetyl-Pyridinium Chloride, and Sodium Borate for Preservation of Sputa for Culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (9) , 4487-8
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.9.4487-4488.2003
Abstract
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