Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus from BacT/ALERT blood culture bottles by direct Gram stain characteristics

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-201

  Murdoch, D R ^a,b   Greenlees, R L ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; PHENAZINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0842265690     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.10538     Document Type: Article

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