Review on evaluations of currently available blood-culture systems

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 513-529

  Rohner, Peter ^a   Auckenthaler, Raymond ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMICS; FLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032884874     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00429.x     Document Type: Article

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