Factors affecting isolation and identification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from fecal and tissue samples in a liquid culture system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 614-622

  Whittington, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CENTRIFUGATION; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 62749189939     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01986-08     Document Type: Article

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