Controlled clinical comparison of the BacT/ALERT FN and the standard anaerobic SN blood culture medium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4581-4585

  Mirrett, S ^a,b   Petti, C A ^a,b   Woods, C W ^a,b   Magadia, R ^d   Weinstein, M P ^c,d   Reller, L B ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; RESIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEAST;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGEMIA; FUNGI; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 5444234073     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4581-4585.2004     Document Type: Article

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