THE DETECTION OF TUBERCLE BACILLI IN MOUTH WASH SPECIMENS BY THE USE OF MEMBRANE FILTER CULTURES
- 1 January 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 71 (3) , 371-381
- https://doi.org/10.1164/artpd.1955.71.3-1.371
Abstract
These workers have used a mouth wash gargle technique in conjunction with membrane filter cultures for the recovery of tubercle bacilli from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Most patients with positive sputum showed cultures positive by this technique.Keywords
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- THE ENUMERATION OF VIABLE TUBERCLE BACILLI IN CULTURES AND INFECTED TISSUESAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1949