Rapid microbiological assay of serum vitamin B 12 by electronic counter.
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A new method of measuring the growth of Lactobacillus leichmannii is reported. Its adoption for the estimation of serum vitamin B(12) levels shortens the incubation period required to five hours at 45 degrees C. The method is compared statistically with a standard method of estimation, requiring incubation at 37 degrees C., by duplicate determinations on 106 hospital patients. The significance of the apparently decreased accuracy of the new method at low serum levels is discussed, and a re-appraisal of the optimum growth temperature of Lactobacillus leichmannii suggested.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology
دوره 19 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1966