Comparison of the effect of delayed entry into 2 different blood culture systems (BACTEC 9240 and BacT/ALERT 3D) on culture positivity

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-196

  Akan, Özay Arikan ^a,b   Yildiz, Eda ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BacT ALERT; BACTEC; Bacteremia; Blood culture; Continuous monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644620821     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.09.016     Document Type: Article

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