Comparison between nasal swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates for, and effect of time in transit on, isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 244-245

  Carville, Kylie S ^a,d   Bowman, Jacinta M ^b   Lehmann, Deborah ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASAL MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33846211413     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01131-06     Document Type: Article

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