Simple, New Test for Rapid Differentiation of the Mycobacterium fortuitum Complex
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- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 13 (5) , 989-990
Abstract
A simple, new test to differentiate species in the M. fortuitum complex by determining susceptibility to pipemidic acid is described. A 20 .mu.g pipemidic acid disk provides a rapid and reliable means of distinguishing M. fortuitum from M. chelonei.Keywords
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