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. 1974 Oct;28(4):727–729. doi: 10.1128/am.28.4.727-729.1974

Micro Cell Culture Method for Isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis

Dorothy E McComb 1, Constance I Puzniak 1
PMCID: PMC186809  PMID: 4214165

Abstract

Presterilized mictotiter plates (96 wells) with BHK-21 cells on 5-mm cover slips were successfully used for cell culture isolation of trachoma from 15 infected conjunctival scrapings.

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