A comparison of the performance of bacitracin-incorporated chocolate blood agar with chocolate blood agar plus a bacitracin disk in the isolation of Haemophilus influenzae from sputum

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 472-475

  Nye, K J ^a   Fallon, D ^a   Gee, B ^a   Howe, S ^a   Messer, S ^a   Turner, T ^a   Warren, R E ^a   Andrews, N ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACITRACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0035027214     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-50-5-472     Document Type: Article

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