Bacteriology of wound - clinical utility of Gram stain microscopy and the correlation with culture

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-77

  Kaftandzieva, Ana ^a   Cekovska, Zhaklina ^a   Kaftandziev, Igor ^b   Petrovska, Milena ^a   Panovski, Nikola ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE   (Macedonia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Gram stain slide; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WOUND;

EID: 84858977181     PISSN: 18575749     EISSN: 18575773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2012.0201     Document Type: Article

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