Evaluation of the BacT/Alert and VITAL blood culture systems for the diagnosis of bacteremia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 88-93

  Fontanals, Dionisia ^a   Sanfeliu, Isabel ^a   Pons, Immaculada ^a   Mariscal, Dolors ^a   Torra, Montserrat ^a  

^a Laboratory of Microbiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

BacT Alert; Blood culture system; VITAL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031883258     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00361.x     Document Type: Article

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