Effects of delayed-entry conditions on the recovery and detection of microorganisms from BacT/ALERT and BACTEC blood culture bottles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1245-1249

  Sautter, R L ^a,c   Bills, A R ^a   Lang, D L ^a   Ruschell, G ^a   Heiter, B J ^b   Bourbeau, P P ^b  

^a Pinnacle Health System   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Carolina Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER ANITRATUM; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ACHROMOBACTER ANITRATUM; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33645907524     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1245-1249.2006     Document Type: Article

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