Granada agar sensitivity and detection of group B streptococcus [5]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4007-

  De La Rosa Fraile, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AGAR; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0041521079     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.4007.2003     Document Type: Letter

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