Comparison of the sodium dodecyl sulfate-sodium hydroxide specimen processing method with the C18-carboxypropylbetaine specimen processing method using the MB/BacT liquid culture system

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Manterola, J M ^a,b   Thornton, C G ^c   Padilla, E ^a   Lonca, J ^a   Corea, I ^a   Martinez E ^a   Ausina, V ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Integrated Research Technology LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYPROPYLBETAINE C 18; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TIME;

EID: 0345269936     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0853-7     Document Type: Article

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