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The media should be inoculated within half an hour of taking the sample. Dried swabs are useless for identification by gram staining and may be useless for culture.
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Ebrahim, G.J. (1978). Infectious Diseases. In: A Handbook of Tropical Paediatrics. Macmillan Tropical Community Health Manuals. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15949-9_10
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