A survey of stool culturing practices for Vibrio species at clinical laboratories in Gulf Coast states

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2267-2270

  Marano, Nina N ^a   Daniels, Nicholas A ^a,b,g   Easton, Alyssa N ^b,c   McShan, Andre ^d,e   Ray, Beverly ^f   Wells, Joy G ^a   Griffin, Patricia M ^a   Angulo, Frederick J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHOLERA; FECES CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHOLERA VIBRIO; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 0034044622     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.38.6.2267-2270.2000     Document Type: Article

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