Controlled comparison of original vented aerobic FAN medium with new nonvented BacT/Alert FA medium for culturing blood

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2098-2101

  Mirrett, S ^a   Everts, R J ^a   Reller, L B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; SEPSIS;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGEMIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCI;

EID: 0035015998     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2098-2101.2001     Document Type: Article

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3. The clinical significance of positive blood cultures in the 1990s: A prospective comprehensive evaluation of the microbiology, epidemiology, and outcome of bacteremia and fungemia in adults