Multicenter comparison of BACTEC 9050 and BACTEC 9240 blood culture systems

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1601-1603

  Murray, Patrick R ^a,e   Hollick, Gary E ^b   Jerris, Robert C ^c   Wilson, Michael L ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DeKalb Medical Center   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031969746     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1601-1603.1998     Document Type: Article

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