Utility of paired BACTEC MYCO/F Lytic blood culture vials for detection of bacteremia, mycobacteremia, and fungemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1960-1962

  Archibald, L K ^a   Dobbie, H ^a   Kazembe, P ^a   Nwanyanwu, O ^a   McKnight, C ^a   Byrne, T ^a   Addison, R M ^a   Bell, M ^a   Barth Reller, L ^a   Jarvis, W R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035001857     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1960-1962.2001     Document Type: Article

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