Evaluation of the VITAL (bioMérieux) automated blood culture system using blind subculture

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 222-228

  Gimenez M ^a   Prat, C ^a   Valles X ^a   Matas, L ^a   Arnal, J ^a   Ausina, V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Brucella spp.; Sensitivity; Specificity; VITAL system; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME; YEAST;

BRUCELLA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036526388     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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