Evaluation of three swab transport systems for the maintenance of clinically important bacteria in simulated mono- and polymicrobial samples

APMIS

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-203

  Tano, Eva ^a   Melhus, Åsa ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fastidious bacteria; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Polymicrobial samples; Swab; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BROTH DILUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SWAB TRANSPORT SYSTEM; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79551474202     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02710.x     Document Type: Article

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