Use of positive blood cultures for direct identification and susceptibility testing with the Vitek 2 system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3734-3738

  De Cueto, Marina ^a   Ceballos, Esther ^a   Martinez Martinez, Luis ^a   Perea, Evelio J ^a   Pascual, Alvaro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERROR; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BLOOD; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3843068851     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3734-3738.2004     Document Type: Article

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