Rapid isolation and susceptibility testing of Leptospira spp. Using a new solid medium, LVW agar

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Premjit Amornchai, Daniel H. Paris, Sayan Langla, Janjira Thaipadunpanit, Wirongrong Chierakul, Lee D. Smythe, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P.J. Day, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Sharon J. Peacocka
• مؤلفون آخرون: Mahidol University
• التنسيق: مقال
• منشور في: 2018
• الموضوعات: Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/32691

Pathogenic Leptospira spp., the causative agents of leptospirosis, are slow-growing Gram-negative spirochetes. Isolation of Leptospira from clinical samples and testing of antimicrobial susceptibility are difficult and time-consuming. Here, we describe the development of a new solid medium that faci...