Comparative evaluation of two commercial chromogenic media for detection and presumptive identification of urinary tract pathogens

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-289

  Scarparo, C ^a   Piccoli, P ^a   Ricordi, P ^a   Scagnelli, M ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CYSTINE; LACTOSE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORGANELLA; NONHUMAN; PLATING MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CANDIDA; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0036245171     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0718-0     Document Type: Article

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