Skip to main content
Journal of Clinical Pathology logoLink to Journal of Clinical Pathology
. 1975 May;28(5):421–423. doi: 10.1136/jcp.28.5.421

Application of the Stomacher for rapid homogenization of sputum and the serial streak dilution method for quantitative culture.

N J Mitchell, A R Harvey
PMCID: PMC475726  PMID: 1097471

Full text

PDF
421

Images in this article

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. LINDSEY D. Quantitative bacteriologic study of tissues, fluids, and exudates; some simplified methods. J Lab Clin Med. 1959 Feb;53(2):299–307. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Monroe P. W., Muchmore H. G., Felton F. G., Pirtle J. K. Quantitation of microorganisms in sputum. Appl Microbiol. 1969 Aug;18(2):214–220. doi: 10.1128/am.18.2.214-220.1969. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Pirtle J. K., Monroe P. W., Smalley T. K., Mohr J. A., Rhoades E. R. Diagnostic and therapeutic advantages of serial quantitative cultures of fresh sputum in acute bacterial pneumonia. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1969 Dec;100(6):831–838. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1969.100.6.831. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Sharpe A. N., Jackson A. K. Stomaching: a new concept in bacteriological sample preparation. Appl Microbiol. 1972 Aug;24(2):175–178. doi: 10.1128/am.24.2.175-178.1972. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Clinical Pathology are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES