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Public Health Mycobacteriology: A Guide for the Level III Laboratory.

PB86216546

Publication Date	1985
Personal Author	Kent, P. T.; Kubica, G. P.
Page Count	226
Abstract	The procedure manual will be used in CDC headquarters and field training courses, and in the laboratory at the work site. The contents of the manual are intended to be used by the Level III Mycobacteriology laboratories on a daily basis to improve personnel performance and proficiency. The following are described in depth: laboratory safety, specimen collection and transportation, isolation procedures, identification techniques, culture examination and identification, antituberculosis chemotherapy and drug susceptibility testing, reporting culture reports, and quality control.
Keywords	Mycobacterium Bacteria Procedures Manuals Isolation Identifying
Source Agency	Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories
NTIS Subject Category	57E - Clinical Medicine 57K - Microbiology
Corporate Authors	Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.
Supplemental Notes	Supersedes PB-297 964.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198620

Public Health Mycobacteriology: A Guide for the Level III Laboratory.

Public Health Mycobacteriology: A Guide for the Level III Laboratory.
PB86216546

Publication Date	1985
Personal Author	Kent, P. T.; Kubica, G. P.
Page Count	226
Abstract	The procedure manual will be used in CDC headquarters and field training courses, and in the laboratory at the work site. The contents of the manual are intended to be used by the Level III Mycobacteriology laboratories on a daily basis to improve personnel performance and proficiency. The following are described in depth: laboratory safety, specimen collection and transportation, isolation procedures, identification techniques, culture examination and identification, antituberculosis chemotherapy and drug susceptibility testing, reporting culture reports, and quality control.
Keywords	Mycobacterium Bacteria Procedures Manuals Isolation Identifying
Source Agency	Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories
NTIS Subject Category	57E - Clinical Medicine 57K - Microbiology
Corporate Authors	Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.
Supplemental Notes	Supersedes PB-297 964.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198620