Use of colony morphology to distinguish different enterococcal strains and species in mixed culture from clinical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2644-2646

  Qamer, Shabnam ^a   Sandoe, Jonathan A T ^a,b   Kerr, Kevin G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCULIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038180465     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2644-2646.2003     Document Type: Article

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