Recommended test panel for differentiation of Klebsiella species on the basis of a trilateral interlaboratory evaluation of 18 biochemical tests

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3665-3669

  Hansen, Dennis S ^a,d   Aucken, Hazel M ^b   Abiola, Titi ^b   Podschun, Rainer ^c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA OZAENAE; KLEBSIELLA PLANTICOLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA RHINOSCLEROMATIS; KLEBSIELLA TERRIGENA; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DENMARK; ENGLAND; FERMENTATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; LABORATORIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. OZAENAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. RHINOSCLEROMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA; RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; RAOULTELLA PLANTICOLA; RAOULTELLA TERRIGENA;

EID: 3843097247     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3665-3669.2004     Document Type: Article

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