Detection of bacterial and yeast species with the Bactec 9120 automated system with routine use of aerobic, anaerobic, and fungal media

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4029-4033

  Chiarini, Alfredo ^a,b   Palmeri, Angelo ^a   Amato, Teresa ^b   Immordino, Rita ^b   Distefano, Salvatore ^a,b   Giammanco, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; TOBRAMYCIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; AUTOMATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; ITALY; MYCOSES; SEPSIS; YEASTS;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 57349117035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01014-08     Document Type: Article

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