Multicenter evaluation of the MicroScan Rapid Gram-Negative Identification Type 3 Panel

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2531-2536

  Bascomb, Shoshana ^a   Abbott, Sharon L ^b   Bobolis, Jamie D ^a   Bruckner, David A ^c   Connell, Susan J ^a   Cullen, Sharon K ^a   Daugherty, Melinda ^b   Glenn, Diane ^c   Janda, J Michael ^b   Lentsch, Sharolyn J ^a   Lindquist, David ^b   Mayhew, Paula B ^a   Nothaft, Daniel M ^a   Skinner, James R ^a   Williams, Gregory B ^a   Wong, Jane ^b   Zimmer, Barbara L ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030771937     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.10.2531-2536.1997     Document Type: Article

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