Controlled evaluation of bactec Peds Plus/F and bactec lytic/10 anaerobic/F media for isolation of salmonella enterica serovars typhi and paratyphi a from blood

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 245-246

  Reller, Megan E ^a,d   Zaidi, Anita K M ^b   Sultana, Shazia ^b   Azeem, Shazia ^b   Hanif, Beenish ^b   Qureshi, Shahidal ^b   Hasan, Rumina ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar ^b   Akhter, Rehana ^c   Goldmann, Donald A ^a,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC LYTIC MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRIC AEROBIC RESIN CONTAINING MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; INFANT; PARATYPHOID FEVER; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TYPHOID FEVER;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI;

EID: 58849135862     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01452-08     Document Type: Article

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