Evaluation of three commercial broth media for pigment detection and identification of a group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4161-4163

  Da Glória Carvalho, Maria ^a   Facklam, Richard ^a   Jackson, Delois ^a   Beall, Bernard ^a   McGee, Lesley ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAUCUS CAROTA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 71549161461     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01374-09     Document Type: Article

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