Evaluation of the BacT/ALERT and BACTEC 9240 automated blood culture systems for growth time of Brucella species in a Turkish tertiary hospital

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Baysallar, Mehmet ^a   Aydogan, Hakan ^a   Kilic, Abdullah ^a   Kucukkaraaslan, Ayten ^a   Senses, Zeynep ^a   Doganci, Levent ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Automated blood culture system; Brucella; Time to detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; HOSPITALS; TURKEY;

EID: 33745884417     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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