Laboratory diagnosis of bacteremia and fungemia

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1009-1024

  Magadia, Raul R ^a   Weinstein, Melvin P ^a,b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTISEPSIS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; FUNGEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; REVIEW; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0035218381     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70184-7     Document Type: Article

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