Direct Urease Test and Acridine Orange Staining on Bactec Blood Culture for Rapid Presumptive Diagnosis of Brucellosis

Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in Iran and human brucellosis is endemic in all parts of the country. Growth of Brucella is slow and blood culture of these bacteria by use of classical methods is time-consuming. Furthermore, in endemic area culture is required for definitive...

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Main Authors: P Maleknejad, FB Hashemi, B Fatollahzadeh S Jafari, H Peeri Dogaheh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2005-08-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/1688.pdf&manuscript_id=1688