Use of a pair of blood culture bottles for sterility testing of corneal organ culture media

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1158-1162

  Gain, P ^a   Thuret, G ^a   Chiquet, C ^a   Vautrin, A C ^a   Carricajo, A ^a   Acquart, S ^a   Maugery, J ^a   Aubert, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; INCUBATOR; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034813653     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.10.1158     Document Type: Article

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