Quantitative survival of aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms in port-A-cul and copan transport systems

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2739-2744

  Stoner, Kevin A ^a   Rabe, Lorna K ^a   Austin, Michele N ^a   Meyn, Leslie A ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; INOCULATION; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; MOBILUNCUS CURTISII; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTONIPHILUS ASACCHAROLYTICUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; PORPHYROMONAS ASACCHAROLYTICA; PREVOTELLA BIVIA; PREVOTELLA CORPORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS; LACTOBACILLUS INERS; MOBILUNCUS CURTISII; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PEPTONIPHILUS ASACCHAROLYTICUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; PORPHYROMONAS ASACCHAROLYTICA; PREVOTELLA BIVIA; PREVOTELLA CORPORIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53149105949     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00161-08     Document Type: Article

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