A chromogenic substrate culture plate for early identification of Vibrio vulnificus and isolation of other marine Vibrios

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 330-334

  Nakashima, Yukari ^a   Oho, Megumi ^a   Kusaba, Kouji ^a   Nagasawa, Zenzo ^a   Komatsu, Osamu ^b   Manome, Isao ^b   Araki, Kazukuni ^c   Oishi, Hirotaka ^d   Nakashima, Mikio ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b EIKEN CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromogenic substrate culture plate; Necrotizing fasciitis; Sepsis; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LATENT PERIOD; MARINE BACTERIUM; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AGED; ANIMALS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MALE; OSTREIDAE; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 36148988012     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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