Enhanced isolation of Shigella species by extended incubation of primary isolation plates

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 396-397

  Alam, Khorshed ^a   Hossain, M Anowar ^a   Islam, Nazrul ^a   Sen, Sunil Kumar ^a   Sur, Gour Chandra ^a   Talukder, Kaisar A ^a   Nair, G Balakrish ^a   Sack, David A ^a  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES CULTURE; HAFNIA ALVEI; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SALMONELLA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FECES; HUMANS; SHIGELLA; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAFNIA ALVEI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 1542725955     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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