Improving detection of "Viridans streptococcus" bacteraemia by adding sodium polyanethol sulphonate to blood cultures.
Open Access
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 38 (12) , 1346-1348
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.38.12.1346
Abstract
To detect streptococcal bacteraemia in patients undergoing dental extraction blood cultures containing glucose broth with 0.05% sodium polyanethol sulphonate (Liquoid) were compared with identical cultures without Liquoid.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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