Evaluation of decontamination methods and growth media for primary isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from surgical specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5875-5876

  Yeboah Manu, Dorothy ^a,b   Bodmer, Thomas ^c   Mensah Quainoo, Ernestina ^d   Owusu, Samuel ^a   Ofori Adjei, David ^a   Pluschke, Gerd ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Ga District Health Services   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLYCEROL; OXALIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURULI ULCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DECONTAMINATION; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; OXALIC ACID; ULCER;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 10844277047     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5875-5876.2004     Document Type: Article

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