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. 1980 Sep;12(3):477–478. doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.3.477-478.1980

Radiometric detection of mycobacteria in routine blood cultures.

W Landau, J Feczko, R L Kaplan
PMCID: PMC273613  PMID: 7012184

Abstract

Mycobacterium chelonei subsp. abscessus was detected radiometrically in routine blood cultures. The organism was detected in two patients without the use of special mycobacteriological media.

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