"Fluoromycobacteriophages a promising tool for diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis."

LILIANA RONDON; ESTEFANIA URDANIZ; LATINI CECILIA; MATTEO M; POGGI SUSANA; PIURI M,

Canela

Congreso; VII SLAMTB; 2014

Sociedad Latinoamericana de Tuberculosis y otras Micobacteriosis

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