Phage lysin to supplement phagebiotics to decontaminate processed sputum specimens

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1407-1412

  Subramanyam, Balaji ^a   Kumar, Vanaja ^a   Perumal, Venkatesan ^a   Nagamiah, Selvakumar ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENZYME; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; PHAGE LYSIN; PHAGEBIOTIC; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOUTH FLORA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DECONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; LUCIFERASES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 78449253249     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1018-8     Document Type: Article

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