Recovering streptococci from the throat, a practical alternative to direct plating in remote tropical communities

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 547-552

  McDonald, Malcolm ^a   Towers, Rebecca ^a   Fagan, Peter ^a   McKinnon, Melita ^a   Benger, Norma ^a   Andrews, Ross ^b   Currie, Bart J ^a   Carapetis, Jonathan ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESICCANT; SILICA GEL;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SORE THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; TROPICS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 32344432909     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.547-552.2006     Document Type: Article

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