“Tween Egg Medium” for Isolating Mycobacteria from Sputum Specimens
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Microbiology and Immunology
- Vol. 23 (9) , 833-838
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.1979.tb02816.x
Abstract
'Tween egg medium,' in which Tween 80 was used as a carbon source, showed a higher rate of positive cultures than Ogawa egg medium in isolation of mycobacteria from sputum specimens.Keywords
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