Extended incubation of culture plates improves recovery of Bordetella spp

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1563-1564

  Katzko, Gary ^a   Hofmeister, Marianna ^a   Church, Deirdre ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Alberta Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE SMEAR; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; WHOOPING COUGH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 0030003117     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.6.1563-1564.1996     Document Type: Article

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