Factors improving the propagation of Simkania negevensis strain Z in cell culture

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 103-106

  Yamaguchi, Tetsuya ^a,b   Yamazaki, Tsutomu ^b,c   Inoue, Miyuki ^c   Ogawa, Motohiko ^b   Shiga, Sadashi ^b   Nakagawa, Yuichi ^a   Kishimoto, Toshio ^b   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^d   Ohzeki, Takehiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DIETHYLAMINOETHYLDEXTRAN; MACROGOL; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FETAL CALF SERUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; ULTRASOUND; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHLAMYDIALES; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEAE-DEXTRAN; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RABBITS; SONICATION; VERO CELLS;

EID: 4143136593     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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