Comparison of media and culture techniques for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory secretions.

We compared the relative efficacy of three methods for the isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae in lower respiratory secretions. Based on results from 294 clinical specimens, we found that S. pneumoniae was isolated at a frequency of 65% with 5% sheep blood agar or 5% sheep blood agar containing 5...

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Main Authors: Wu, S C, Trask, L M, Phee, R E
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1980
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC273695/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7031078
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