Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Direct Inoculation from Positive BACTEC Blood Culture Bottles into Vitek 2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-11

  Bruins, Marjan J ^a,b   Bloembergen, Peter ^a   Ruijs, Gijs J H M ^a   Wolfhagen, Maurice J H M ^a  

^a Isala Klinieken   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; INOCULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTICEMIA;

BACTEREMIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0346462986     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.7-11.2004     Document Type: Article

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