about the ascitic fluid (AF) culture techniques, we would like to report the results of our own prospective study. From January, 1982, to December, 1986, two AF culture methods were simultaneously assessed (i) the conventional method, consisting of direct inoculation of 10 ml of centrifuged AF in p
Ascitic fluid culture technique
β Scribed by Paul H. Edelstein; Bruce A. Runyon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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