Novel use of tryptose sulfite cycloserine egg yolk agar for isolation of Clostridium perfringens during an outbreak of necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonatal unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4263-4265

  Kotsanas, Despina ^a   Carson, Jolene A ^a   Awad, Milena M ^b   Lyras, Dena ^b   Rood, Julian I ^b   Jenkin, Grant A ^a,b   Stuart, Rhonda L ^a   Korman, Tony M ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CYCLOSERINE; SULFITE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; HUMAN; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLOSERINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGG YOLK; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFITES;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 78049488247     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01724-10     Document Type: Article

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