Clinical comparison of isolator, septi-chek, nonvented tryptic soy broth, and direct agar plating combined with thioglycolate broth for diagnosing spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-37

  Eileen Hay, J ^a   Cockerill III, Franklin R ^a   Kaese, Dorothy ^a   Vetter, Emily A ^a   Wollan, Peter C ^a   Rakela, Jorge ^a   Wilhelm, Mark P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGAR; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029656307     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.34-37.1996     Document Type: Article

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