Comparison of inoculation with the InoqulA and WASP automated systems with manual inoculation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2298-2307

  Croxatto, Antony ^a   Dijkstra, Klaas ^b   Prod'Hom, Guy ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NHL STENDEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINALYSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84932645389     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03076-14     Document Type: Article

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