Factors involved in the selection of a continuous monitoring blood culture system

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-103

  Stevens, M ^a   Swann, R A ^a   Hardy, S M ^a   Donkin, A ^a   Morrison, J A ^a   Mitchell, C J ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Microbiological techniques; Septicaemia bacteraemia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; COST; CULTURE MEDIUM; LABORATORY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029996080     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199604000-00004     Document Type: Review

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