Optimum detection times for bacteria and yeast species with the BACTEC 9120 aerobic blood culture system: Evaluation for a 5-year period in a Turkish University Hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 819-821

  Durmaz, Gül ^a   Us, Tercan ^a   Aydinli, Aydin ^a   Kiremitci, Abdurrahman ^a   Kiraz, Nuri ^a   Akgün, Yurdanur ^a  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037314307     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.819-821.2003     Document Type: Article

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