A novel culturing system for fluid samples

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Fontana, Carla ^a,b   Favaro, Marco ^a   Minelli, Silvia ^b   Bossa, Maria C ^b   Altieri, Anna ^b   Favalli, Cartesio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Clinical Microbiology Laboratories   (Italy)

Author keywords

Culturing methods; Fluid samples; HB ; L ; System; URO QUICK

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PLEURA FLUID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; YEAST;

BACTERIA; BODY FLUIDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; YEASTS;

EID: 63449085933     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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