Comparison of aerobic standard medium with specific fungal medium for detecting Fusarium spp. in blood cultures

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 748-750

  Hennequin, Christophe ^a,c   Ranaivoarimalala, C ^a   Chouaki, T ^a   Tazerout, M ^a   Ancelle, T ^b   Cabaud, J J ^a   Raccurt, C P ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; FUSARIUM VERTICILLOIDES; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FUNGEMIA; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036459948     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-002-0812-3     Document Type: Article

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