Comparison of Isolator 1.5 and BACTEC NR660 aerobic 6A blood culture systems for detection of fungemia in children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1877-1879

  Petti, Cathy A ^a,b   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a,b   Mirrett, Stanley ^a   Reller, L Barth ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 0029937107     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.1877-1879.1996     Document Type: Article

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