Selection of optimum laboratory tests for the identification of Moraxella catarrhalis

Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-208

  Singh, Sangeeta ^a   Cisera, Kathryn M ^b   Turnidge, John D ^b   Russell, Edward G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commensal neisseria strains; Moraxella catarrhalis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CATALASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTERASE; HYMECROMONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYSORBATE 80; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAM STAINING; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030789583     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029700169874     Document Type: Article

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