Detection of Campylobacter species in faecal samples by direct Gram stain microscopy

Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-344

  Wang, Hui ^a   Murdoch, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Enteritis; Gram stain; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAM STAINING; LABORATORY TEST; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444264880     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031302042000224575     Document Type: Article

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