Evaluation of BBL CHROMagar 0157 versus sorbitol-MacConkey medium for routine detection of Escherichia coli O157 in a centralized regional clinical microbiology laboratory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3098-3100

  Church, D L ^a,b   Emshey, D ^a   Semeniuk, H ^a   Lloyd, T ^a   Pitout, J D ^a,b  

^a CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVALUATION; FECES CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548702199     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00426-07     Document Type: Article

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