Modified culture technique for Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolation from desiccated swabs
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 7 (2) , 137-138
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.7.2.137-138.1978
Abstract
C. diphtheriae was isolated from pyoderma and ulcerative skin lesions [human] with a modified delayed culture procedure as late as 9 wk after field collection of silica gel-desiccated swabs. Biotypes gravis and mitis were identified. Most isolates were nontoxigenic. Todd-Hewitt broth enrichment enhanced recovery of C. diphtheriae by 70%.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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