Clinical comparison of difco ESP, wampole isolator, and becton dickinson septi-chek aerobic blood culturing systems

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-24

  Cockerill III, Frank R ^a   Torgerson, Catherine A ^a   Reed, Gay S ^a   Vetter, Emily A ^a   Weaver, Amy L ^a   Dale, Jane C ^a   Roberts, Glenn D ^a   Henry, Nancy K ^a   Ilstrup, Duane M ^a   Rosenblatt, Jon E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; MYCOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029655373     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.20-24.1996     Document Type: Article

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