Sensitivity of the BacT/ALERT FA-medium for detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in pre-incubated blood cultures and its temperature-dependence

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 869-874

  Seegmüller, Irene ^a   Eschenbach, Ursula ^a   Kamereck, Klaus ^a   Miethke, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4544383984     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45533-0     Document Type: Article

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