Bactec 9240 blood culture system: To preincubate at 35 °C or not?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1089-1091

  Lemming, L ^a   Holt, H M ^a   Petersen, I S ^a   Otergaard C ^a   Bruun, B ^a,b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bactec system; Blood culture; Preincubation of blood cultures

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; INCUBATION TIME; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YEAST;

EID: 11044232641     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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