Routine use of the gen-probe MTD2 amplification test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens in a large public health mycobacteriology laboratory
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 35 (3) , 185-191
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00086-3
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