Comparison of axenic and monoxenic media for isolation of Acanthamoeba

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 915-922

  Penland, Rebecca L ^b   Wilhelmus, Kirk R ^a,b  

^a Baylor College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIUM; EYE INFECTION; HORSE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0030909625     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.915-922.1997     Document Type: Article

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