Use of the paraffin wax baiting system for identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-183

  Massengale, A Rene D ^a   Ollar, Robert A ^b,c   Giordano, Sara J ^d   Felder, Mitchell S ^e   Aronoff, Stephen C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PARAFFIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032761421     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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