Increased sensitivity of bacterial detection in cerebrospinal fluid by fluorescent staining on low-fluorescence membrane filters

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 843-850

  Durtschi, Jacob D ^a   Erali, Maria ^a   Bromley, L Kathryn ^a   Herrmann, Mark G ^a   Petti, Cathy A ^a,b   Smith, Roger E ^a   Voelkerding, Karl V ^a,b  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE; GRAM STAINING; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAINING;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; MICROPORE FILTERS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENAZINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 24044482580     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46092-0     Document Type: Article

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