Comparison of isolation rate of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in two different culture media, MKP and BSK-H

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 636-641

  Ruzic Sabljic E ^a   Maraspin, V ^b   Cimperman, J ^b   Strle, F ^b   Lotric Furlan S ^b   Stupica, D ^b   Cerar, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Barbour Stoenner Kelly H medium; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Culture medium; Isolation rate; Modified Kelly Pettenkofer medium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARBOUR STOENNER KELLY H MEDIUM; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE COMPARISON; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MODIFIED KELLY PETTENKOFER MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP;

CULTURE MEDIUM;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904999248     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12457     Document Type: Article

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