Do processing time and storage of sputum influence quantitative bacteriology in bronchiectasis?

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 829-833

  Murray, Maeve P ^a   Doherty, Catherine J ^b   Govan, John R W ^b   Hill, Adam T ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AGED; BRONCHIECTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954486885     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.016683-0     Document Type: Article

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