Survival of Ureaplasma urealyticum on different kinds of swabs.
The survival of Ureaplasma urealyticum on five different types of swabs routinely used for obtaining clinical specimens is limited to 1 h. Wooden applicator sticks inhibit the alkaline color change in broth and result in a significant loss of isolates if broth alone is used.
D006801:Humans; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology