Evaluation of four commercial transport media for the survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-168

  Arbique, Judy C ^a,b   Forward, Kevin R ^a,b   Leblanc, John ^c  

^a 5788 Univ Ave NS B3H IV8 N ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Departments of Pathology   (United Kingdom)

^c Departments of Pediatrics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFRIGERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0034017231     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00134-0     Document Type: Article

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