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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Assessing Your Laboratory

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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Assessing Your Laboratory

This resource presents a method of assessing and updating laboratory procedures to assist in detecting TB early by reducing lab turnaround time for reporting positive smear, culture, identification, and susceptibility results.

Author:

Association of Public Health Laboratories, Association of Public Health Laboratories, APHL

Audiences:

Health Professionals, Lab Personnel

Topic:

Diagnosis, Treatment Guidelines Materials, MDR TB, Diagnosis- Laboratory Procedures

Country of Origin:

United States

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