Survival of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in purulent clinical specimens maintained in the Copan Venturi Transystem and Becton Dickinson Port-a-Cul transport systems

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 892-894

  Citron, Diane M ^a,b   Warren, Yumi A ^a   Hudspeth, Marie K ^a   Goldstein, Ellie J C ^a,c  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b R M ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTAINER; CULTURE MEDIUM; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VENTURI;

EID: 0033965144     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.892-894.2000     Document Type: Article

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