Comparison of culture media and chairside assays for enumerating mutans streptococci

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1339-1347

  Hildebrandt, G H ^a   Bretz, W A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Center for Vaccine Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture media; Mutans streptococci; Pure strains; Rapid assays; Saliva

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBIOTICS; ASSAYS; BACTERIA; BODY FLUIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOVERY;

BACTERIAL RECOVERY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE METHODS; MUTANS STREPTOCOCCI; PURE CULTURE; PURE STRAIN; RAPID ASSAY; SALIVA; TRADITIONAL CULTURES; YEAST EXTRACTS;

GLASS;

BACITRACIN; CRYSTAL VIOLET; POLYMYXIN B;

AGAR; BACTERIUM; CULTURE; SALIVA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SALIVA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS CRICETI; STREPTOCOCCUS FERUS;

EID: 33646546942     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02877.x     Document Type: Article

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