title: Efficacy of transport media use versus direct inoculation of blood agar plates in the microbiologic evaluation of experimental Streptococcus pneumoniae keratitis.
authors.forename: Halit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oguz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*