Impact of delayed entry at room temperature on the rate of false negative blood cultures with the BACTEC™ 9000 instrument;Einfluss der verzögerten transportdauer bei raumtemperatur auf die rate der falsch negativen blutkulturen im BACTEC™ 9000 Gerät

LaboratoriumsMedizin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-135

  Fahr, Anne Marie ^a,c   Eigner, Ulrich ^a   Shah, Pramod M ^b  

^a Gemeinschaftspraxis Heidelberg   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c c/o Labor Dr Limbach und Kollegen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

BACTEC 9000; Blood culture diagnostic; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INOCULATION; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 23644457466     PISSN: 03423026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JLM.2005.020     Document Type: Article

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