The value of postmortem microbiology cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1028-1033

  Riedel, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFLORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE CULTURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PROCEDURES;

AUTOPSY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84897134529     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03102-13     Document Type: Short Survey

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