Evaluation of the VITEK 2 system for rapid direct identification and susceptibility testing of gram-negative bacilli from positive blood cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4705-4707

  Ling, Thomas K W ^a   Liu, Z K ^a   Cheng, Augustine F B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; DEVICE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INOCULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TIME FACTORS;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141889226     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4705-4707.2003     Document Type: Article

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