Routine incubation of BacT/ALERT FA and FN blood culture bottles for more than 3 days may not be necessary

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2506-2509

  Bourbeau, Paul P ^a   Foltzer, Michael ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ACINETOBACTER; AEROCOCCUS; AEROMONAS; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CITROBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; DEVICE; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAFNIA ALVEI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLUYVERA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORAXELLA; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NEISSERIA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS;

EID: 18544367526     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2506-2509.2005     Document Type: Review

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