Clinical and economic evaluation of BBL™ CHROMagar™ Salmonella (CHROMSal) versus subculture after selenite broth enrichment to CHROMSal and Hektoen enteric agars to detect enteric Salmonella in a large regional microbiology laboratory

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Church, Deirdre L ^a,b   Emshey, Diana ^a,b   Lloyd, Tracie ^a,b   Pitout, Johann ^a,b  

^a CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CHROMagar; Cost comparison; Performance; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

AGAR; SELENITE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FECES CULTURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE;

EID: 77955782902     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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