Comparison of a novel microaerobic system with three other gas-generating systems for the recovery of Campylobacter species from human faecal samples

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 839-842

  Bolton, F J ^a   Wareing, D R A ^a   Sails, A D ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOTYPOLOGY; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; GAS; GAS MIXING; GASTROENTERITIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030657432     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01700415     Document Type: Article

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