Can BacT/Alert FA and FN blood culture bottles increase the recovery of microorganisms in the clinical laboratory?

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 343-347

  Saito, Takashi ^a   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^a   Takakura, Shunji ^a   Fujihara, Naoko ^a   Kudo, Toyoichiro ^a   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic system; Blood culture; Microbiological laboratory

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 12444319249     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-004-0349-8     Document Type: Article

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