A comparison of the performance of commercially available chromogenic agars for the isolation and presumptive identification of organisms from urine

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 608-612

  Fallon, D ^a,b   Ackland, G ^b   Andrews, N ^c   Frodsham, D ^b   Howe, S ^b   Howells, K ^b   Nye, K J ^b   Warren, R E ^b  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE;

AGAR; BACTERIA; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0041589446     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.8.608     Document Type: Article

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