Swab-wash method for quantitation of cutaneous microflora

N Keyworth, M R Millar, K T Holland, N Keyworth, M R Millar, K T Holland

Abstract

We describe a comparison of the scrub-wash method of Williamson and Kligman and a swab-wash method for the enumeration of cutaneous microflora. The swab-wash method provides a less traumatic alternative to the scrub-wash method and can be used to sample the cutaneous microflora of premature neonates.

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