Prolonged incubation of blood and bone marrow cultures in 12B bottles processed on the BACTEC 460 TB system does not increase microbial recovery

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 113-115

  Wilson, Michael L ^a,b   Stone, Barbara L ^c   Hildred, Mary V ^c   Reves, Randall R ^a  

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

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200178     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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