Validation of performance of plastic versus glass bottles for culturing anaerobes from blood in BacT/ALERT SN medium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6150-6151

  Mirrett, Stanley ^a   Joyce, Maria J ^a,b   Reller, L Barth ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; PLASTIC;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; GLASS; HUMANS; PLASTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 30744442562     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6150-6151.2005     Document Type: Article

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