Evaluation of the BIOMIC video reader system for routine use in the clinical microbiology laboratory

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 151-155

  Geiss, Heinrich K ^a   Klar, Ulrich E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; QUALITY CONTROL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TECHNIQUE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033947239     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00132-2     Document Type: Article

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