Clinical Microbiology: How to Start and when to StopAlbert Balows |
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abscess ABSCESS CULTURES Actinomyces agar plate anaerobic antibiotic antiserum Appl Microbiol Arizona aureus bacitracin bacteremia bacteria/ml of urine Bacteriology bacteriuria BALOWS biochemical blood culture BLOOD CULTURE PRACTICES Clin Pathol clinical microbiology laboratory CO₂ collection colonies contamination culture media detection diagnosis diluted dip slide disease enriched Enterobacteriaceae eosin methylene blue Escherichia coli fecal specimens feces glucose Gram smear Gram stain Gram-negative Gram-negative rods Gram-positive growth incubation inoculation inoculum large numbers Lennette Liquoid MacConkey's agar medium method micro microbiology microorganisms microscopic examination ml of broth Neisseria normal flora number of bacteria obtained organisms patient percent physician polyvalent present PRESUMPTIVE IDENTIFICATION procedure Proteus Pseudomonas quantitative reactions routine Salmonella screening selective media Shigella small hospital small laboratory small number species sputum Staphylococcus sterile streak Streptococcus subculture TABLE technique Texas hospitals therapy THIO thioglycolate tion tube typhi urinary tract infections urine urine cultures urine specimen wound and abscess yeasts