A comparison of two blood culture procedures for the isolation of staphylococci in a paediatric intensive care unit

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1035-1037

  Belli, M L ^a   Ugolotti, E ^a   Fenu, M L ^a   Mantero, E ^b   Ceccarelli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BacT Alert; Bacteraemia; Blood culture; Paediatric intensive care unit; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS;

EID: 28644452570     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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