Controlled Clinical Laboratory Comparison of BACTEC Plus Aerobic/F Resin Medium with BacT/Alert Aerobic FAN Medium for Detection of Bacteremia and Fungemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-58

  Jorgensen, James H ^a,b   Mirrett, Stanley ^c   McDonald, L C ^c,d   Murray, Patrick R ^e   Weinstein, Melvin P ^f   Fune, J ^d   Trippy, Christa W ^a   Masterson, Marianne ^b   Reller, L Barth ^c,d  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b University Hospital   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031059991     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.53-58.1997     Document Type: Article

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