Controlled clinical comparison of BacT/ALERT standard aerobic medium with BACTEC standard aerobic medium for culturing blood

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2391-2394

  Mirrett, Stanley ^a,b   Reller, L Barth ^a,b   Petti, Cathy A ^a   Woods, Christopher W ^a   Vazirani, Bindu ^d   Sivadas, Rekha ^d   Weinstein, Melvin P ^c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037505564     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2391-2394.2003     Document Type: Article

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