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J Clin Microbiol
; 10(4): 598-600, 1979 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-118985
ABSTRACT
A total of 204 surgical specimens positive for acid-fast organisms yielded 169 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 15 of which were isolated by Middlebrook 7H-9 broth medium only. Mycobacteria other than M. tuberculosis were isolated from 33 specimens, and Nocardia asteroides was isolated from 2 specimens.