Abstract:Nystrom. P.-0. The microbiological swab sampler -.4 quantitative experimental investigation. Acta path. microbiol. scand. Sect. B. 86; 361-367, 1978.The aim of the investigation was to give an iri virro experimental account of the commonly used cotton swab as a sampler for quantitative determination of bacteria in operation wounds. The transfer of staphylococci with the swab from an inoculated to a non-inoculated agar culture plate was used as a model, and three different ways of swab handling were tested. A d… Show more
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