Efficacy of transport media use versus direct inoculation of blood agar plates in the microbiologic evaluation of experimental Streptococcus pneumoniae keratitis

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-253

  Kuo, Irene C ^a,b,d   Cevallos, Vicky ^b   Troyer, Robin ^c   Lietman, Thomas M ^a,b   McLeod, Stephen D ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Francis I Proctor Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amies medium; Bacterial corneal ulcer; Blood agar plate; Culture; Swab; Thioglycollate; Transport medium

Indexed keywords

AGAR; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; INOCULATION; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; KERATITIS; RABBITS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0345726356     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200304000-00014     Document Type: Article

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