Comparison of recovery of blood culture isolates from two BacT/ALERT FAN aerobic blood culture bottles with recovery from one FAN aerobic bottle and one FAN anaerobic bottle

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 213-217

  Riley, Julie A ^a   Heiter, Barbara J ^a   Bourbeau, Paul P ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037232114     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.213-217.2003     Document Type: Article

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