A single step method for rapid isolation and identification of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 157-163

  Al Sulami, A ^a   Hammadi, S S ^a   Al Ghazawi, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; LIQUID; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; SOLID; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444228671     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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