Evaluation of optimal storage temperature, time, and transport medium for detection of group B streptococcus in StrepB carrot broth

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2446-2449

  Trotman Grant, Ashton ^a   Raney, Trisha ^b   Dien Bard, Jennifer ^c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIES TRANSPORT MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CARROT BROTH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESWAB TRANSPORT MEDIUM; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD STORAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PREGNANCY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862742689     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00238-12     Document Type: Article

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