Antitoxin-in-membrane and antitoxin-in-well assays for detection of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 207-210

  Reinhardt, D J ^a   Lee, A ^a   Popovic, T ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031964403     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.207-210.1998     Document Type: Article

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