An evaluation of the performance of XLD, DCA, MLCB, and ABC agars as direct plating media for the isolation of Salmonella enterica from faeces

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 286-288

  Nye, K J ^a   Fallon, D ^a   Frodsham, D ^a   Gee, B ^a   Graham, C ^b   Howe, S ^a   Messer, S ^a   Turner, T ^a   Warren, R E ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BRILLIANT GREEN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL; SELENITE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLATING MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0036218798     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.4.286     Document Type: Article

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