Clinical importance of increased sensitivity of BacT/alert FAN aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2180-2184

  Mcdonald, L Clifford ^a   Fune, Jose ^b   Gaido, Loretta B ^c,d   Weinstein, Melvin P ^b,e   Reimer, Larry G ^f,g   Flynn, Theresa M ^a   Wilson, Michael L ^c,d   Mirrett, Stanley ^a   Reller, L Barth ^a,h  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ross University School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNGEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029759347     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2180-2184.1996     Document Type: Article

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