Use of cefoperazone MacConkey agar for selective isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4839-4841

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Hui, Wai Ting ^a   Li, Maria W S ^a   Teng, Jade L L ^a   Que, Tak Lun ^b   Luk, Wei Kwang ^c   Lai, Raymond W M ^d   Yung, Raymond W H ^e   Yuen, Kwok yung ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TSEUNG KWAN O HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CEFOPERAZONE;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES CULTURE; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEFOPERAZONE; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; FECES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIACEAE;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS;

EID: 10744228849     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4839-4841.2003     Document Type: Article

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