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Analysis of 18FDG PET/CT Imaging as a Tool for Studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Treatment in Non-human Primates
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[The value and need for a diagnostic animal experiment within the framework of tuberculosis diagnosis]
1Forschungsinstitut für Lungenkrankheiten und Tuberkulose Berlin-Buch/DDR.
Zeitschrift Fur Erkrankungen Der Atmungsorgane
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The comparison of the results of culture and animal test for finding of mycobacteria in selected specimens, obtained in two laboratories between 1981 and 1988 shows a superiority of the animal test. Taking into account adequate literature recommendations are given as well for a possible improvement of culture methods as for the indication of animal tests.
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