Comparison of BacT/Alert microbial detection system with conventional blood culture method in neonatal sepsis

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-25

  Hasan, Azra S ^a   Uppal, Preena ^a   Arya, Sugandha ^a   Capoor, Malini R ^a   Nair, Deepthi ^a,b   Chellani, Harish ^a   Deb, Monorama ^a   Aggarwal, Pushpa ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b D II/2201 Vasant Kunj   (India)

Author keywords

Automated systems; BacT Alert 3D system; Manual conventional blood culture; Neonatal septicemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 42149164239     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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