Evaluation of an extended blood culture protocol to isolate fastidious organisms from patients with AIDS

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2444-2447

  Dougherty, Molly J ^a   Spach, David H ^b   Larson, Ann M ^a   Hooton, Thomas M ^b   Coyle, Marie B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BRUCELLA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; OVIS ARIES; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0029818852     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2444-2447.1996     Document Type: Article

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