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Improving the performance of anaerobic bacteriology in a hospital laboratory.

Author(s) -

Joanne Morgan,

J. A. Smith,

P. Liu

Publication year - 1977

Publication title -

journal of clinical pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1

H-Index - 127

eISSN - 1472-4146

pISSN - 0021-9746

DOI - 10.1136/jcp.30.2.157

Subject(s) - obligate anaerobe , anaerobic exercise , bacteriology , anaerobic bacteria , obligate , microbiology and biotechnology , isolation (microbiology) , clinical microbiology , biology , medicine , bacteria , physiology , ecology , genetics

A comparison was made of the performance of a newly established anaerobic section of a clinical laboratory and the routine diagnostic section in terms of isolation and identification of anaerobic bacteria. Both sections attempted to isolate obligate anaerobes from the same clinical specimens which were not transported in anaerobic containers. Anaerobic and diagnostic sections isolated anaerobes from 35% and 6% respectively of clinical specimens. The use of antibiograms greatly improved the identification of anaerobic organisms.

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