BBL CHROMagar Staph aureus is superior to Mannitol salt for detection of Staphylococcus aureus in complex mixed infections

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 806-808

  D'Souza, Holly A ^a   Baron, Ellen Jo ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MC 5529 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chromogenic agar; Cystic fibrosis; Microbiology; Selective agar; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BBL CHROMAGAR STAPH AUREUS MEDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANNITOL SALT MEDIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 19644387700     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/FVHRF3GRLEQXGBAG     Document Type: Article

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