Evaluation of a plastic nonvented aerobic blood culture bottle for use with the BacT/ALERT microbial detection system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4757-4759

  Snyder, J W ^a,b   Munier, G K ^b   Bostic, G D ^c   Bozigar, P S ^c   Hanna, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; PLASTIC;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMULSION; GLASS BOTTLE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGEMIA; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; PLASTICS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 0036899530     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4757-4759.2002     Document Type: Article

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