Short time to positivity in blood culture with clustered gram-positive cocci on direct smear examination is highly predictive of Staphylococcus aureus

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 304-306

  Ruimy, Raymond ^a   Armand Lefevre, Laurence ^a   Andremont, Antoine ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20444397016     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.03.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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