Use of colony morphology to characterize carriage profiles of coagulase negative staphylococci

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 895-899

  Locke, B J ^a   Lowy, F D ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Colonial morphology; Colonization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND; HUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CARRIER STATE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HAND; HUMANS; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 35948942687     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0387-0     Document Type: Article

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