A comparison of the MicroCount(TM) digital system to plate count and membrane filtration methods for the enumeration of microorganisms in water for pharmaceutical purposes

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 172-192

  Marino, Gerald ^b   Maier, Christoph ^b   Cundell, Anthony M ^a,b  

^a Wyeth Pharmaceuticals ^*  (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DEVICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; RALSTONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WATER MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FILTRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033624486     PISSN: 10797440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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