Comparison of three chromogenic agar plates for isolation and identification of urinary tract pathogens

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 641-645

  Chaux, C ^a   Crepy, M ^a   Xueref, S ^a   Roure, C ^b   Gille, Y ^a   Freydiere, A M ^c  

^a Hopital de l'Antiquaille   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromogenic media; Urinary tract pathogens

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RANDOMIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036805443     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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