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. 1956;14(4):705–793.

Cholera studies*

7. Practical laboratory diagnosis

R Pollitzer
PMCID: PMC2538071  PMID: 13356145

Abstract

The first portion of this study describes in detail the different aspects of stool examinations, including the collection, preservation, and pooling of specimens, macroscopic and bacterioscopic examination, enrichment methods, and cultivation on a variety of solid media. The author also deals with the examination of vomits and of water. The performance and value of different identification tests (agglutination, haemolysis, and bacteriophage) and confirmatory tests are then considered. An annex is included on bacteriological procedures in the laboratory diagnosis of cholera.

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