Optimisation of storage conditions for maintaining culturability of penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in transport medium

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Mason, C K ^a   Goldsmith, C E ^b   Moore, J E ^b,c   McCarron, R ^a   Leggett, P ^d   Montgomery, J ^b   Coulter, W A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Dunluce Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Penicillin; STGG medium; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Survival

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LABORATORY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLING; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPORT MEDIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77951530019     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2010.11730281     Document Type: Article

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