Detection of Brucella melitensis by the BacT/Alert automated system and Brucella broth culture

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 749-752

  Ozkurt Z ^a   Erol, S ^a   Tasyaran, M A ^a   Kaya, A ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BacT Alert; Blood culture; Bone marrow culture; Brucella; Brucella spp.

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 0036854710     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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