Sensitivity and rapidity of blood culture bottles in the detection of cornea organ culture media contamination by bacteria and fungi

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1422-1427

  Thuret, G ^a   Gain, Philippe ^a,b   Carricajo, A ^b   Chiquet, C ^a   Vautrin, A C ^b   Celle, N ^b   Boureille, M ^b   Acquart, S ^b   Aubert, G ^b   Maugery, J ^a  

^a SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

^b Carnea Bank Blood Center of Saint Etienne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; CORNEA; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EYE BANKS; FUNGI; HUMANS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036893837     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.12.1422     Document Type: Article

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