title: [The identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains using paper strips for the niacin technic].
abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were identified using paper strips for niacin technique; these paper strips were made at the National Reference Laboratory on Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria of the IPK. Results were compared with the conventional niacin technique and a 100% of coincidence was obtained; advantages, sensitivity and firmness of this method are reported.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montoro Cardoso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Echemendía Font
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz Rodríguez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roque de Escobar
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Valdivia Alvarez
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009525:Niacin; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D009525:Niacin